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Container.DecodeFromBase64
Decodes data from base64 text into a container value.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | FileMaker iOS SDK |
| Container | 4.4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| type | The type to return. Can be JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, PDF or File. | "JPEG" | |
| text | The text to process. | ||
| filename | If filter is container, this defines the file name to use. | "test.txt" | Optional |
| DontRenderPreview | Pass 1 to not create a JPEG with preview of first page as part of the container. (only for returning PDF) | 0 | Optional |
Result
Returns container or error.
Description
Decodes data from base64 text into a container value.See also Container.GetBase64.
If you have a DynaPDF Pro license and DynaPDF functions initialized, this function can add previews for the PDF file on Windows and Linux. For MacOS, we make them with PDFKit.
Examples
From PDF in Base64 to a PNG in Base64:
# decode some PDF in base64 text
Set Variable [$PDFData; Value:MBS( "Container.DecodeFromBase64"; "PDF"; PDF_ToPNG::base64_PDF; "test.pdf" )]
# render first page to a picture in PNG format
Set Variable [$PNGData; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.GetPDFPageImage"; $PDFData; 0; "PNG"; "test.png"; 150; 1; 0)]
# encode PNG as Base64
Set Variable [$EncodedPNG; Value:MBS( "Container.GetBase64"; $PNGData; "PNGf" )]
# store text in a field
Set Field [PDF_ToPNG::Convert_text; $EncodedPNG]
See also
Example Databases
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Created 6th November 2014, last changed 17th August 2018
Container.Compress - Container.DecodeFromHex
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