Classic ASP

Base64 Encode a File

_LANGUAGE_ to Base64 encode the contents of a file.

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Classic ASP

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

' Get the contents of a file into a base64 encoded string:
set fac = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")
strBase64 = fac.ReadBinaryToEncoded("c:/data/something.pdf","base64")
If (fac.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( fac.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Now write the string to a file:
success = fac.WriteEntireTextFile("c:/data/something_pdf_base64.txt",strBase64,"us-ascii",0)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( fac.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Success!") & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>