View source for Component: Base 64 (Calculation)

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| width="20%" style="color:gray;" | Author
| Matrix TSL
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| width="20%" style="color:gray;" | Version
| 1.0
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| width="20%" style="color:gray;" | Category
| Calculation
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==Base 64 component==
Component to allow base 64 encoding and decoding. Sometimes when communicating raw binary data it is useful to perform base 64 encoding to ensure that none of your data bytes trigger any escape codes or other special case conditions. Base64 converts your binary data into readable data using standard ASCII characters so you can be fairly certain that the data you send is the  same as the data that is received.

==Component Source Code==

Please click here to download the component source project: [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/wiki/componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_Base64.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_Base64.fcfx]

Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/FlowchartView/?wfile=componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_Base64.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_Base64.fcfx]

==Detailed description==

























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==Examples==


























Here is a basic example that shows how to convert data into base64 encoded data and visa versa.
{{Fcfile|Base64Tests.fcfx|Base64 Tests}}











==Macro reference==

===Decode===
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| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''Decode'''
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| colspan="2" | Decodes a base64 encoded string into an array of bytes. Populates the BinaryData parameter array with the decoded data. Returns the number of decoded data bytes.&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
| width="90%" | BinaryData
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| colspan="2" | Variable to hold the decoded binary data&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" | Base64Data
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| colspan="2" | Data string you wish to decode&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
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===Encode===
{| class="mtx-class-macrotable wikitable"
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| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''Encode'''
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| colspan="2" | Encodes an array of bytes into a base64 encoded string&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
| width="90%" | BinaryData
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| colspan="2" | Raw binary data array you wish to encode&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
| width="90%" | ByteCount
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| colspan="2" | Number of bytes of data to encode&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
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==Property reference==

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| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-prop-icon.png]]
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''Properties''' 
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