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Text.EncodeToHex
Encode a hex string.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| Text | 2.4 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
MBS( "Text.EncodeToHex"; text { ; Encoding } ) More
(old name: String.EncodeToHex)
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| text | The text to process. | "Hello World" | |
| Encoding | The text encoding for text parameter. Default is native. Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ. |
"UTF-8" | Optional |
Result
Returns encoded text.
Description
Encode a hex string.Please check what text encoding you want to use. Especially what the software processing the hex string expects.
Similar to HexEncode function in FileMaker 16, but we can specify text encoding. For containers see Container.GetHex and Container.DecodeFromHex.
Examples
Encode Hex as UTF-8:
MBS( "Text.EncodeToHex"; "Hello World"; "utf8" )
Example result: 48656C6C6F20576F726C64
Check for hex encoding:
Length(MBS( "Text.EncodeToHex"; MBS( "Text.DecodeFromHex"; "41004200" )))
Example result: Returns 8 in FileMaker 16 and 6 in FileMaker 15 due to different text handling.
Encode emojis:
MBS( "Text.EncodeToHex"; "🍎 🍓 🍒"; "UTF-8" )
Example result: F09F8D8E20F09F8D9320F09F8D92
See also
- Container.DecodeFromHex
- Container.GetHex
- Hash.SHA1
- Text.DecodeFromHex
- Text.EncodeToBytes
- Text.EncodeToHTML
- Text.EncodeToURL
- Text.EncodeToXML
- UUID.Hex
- WebHook.SetAutoAnswer
Example Databases
- SmartCard/Belgian EID Reader
- Text functions/Repair Text Encoding Problems
- Text functions/Unicode Compositions
- WebHook/Trigger script with Webhook/WebHook Listener
- WebHook/WebHook to serve html
Blog Entries
- Trigger Scripts via WebHook
- MBS Filemaker Plugin 2.4 release notes
- MBS Filemaker Plugin, version 2.4pr8
This function checks for a license.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 31st January 2023
