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Container.DecodeFromHex
Decodes data from hex text into a container value.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| Container | 6.5 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
MBS( "Container.DecodeFromHex"; type; text { ; filename; DontRenderPreview } ) More
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 hex text into a container value.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
Decode hex encoded zlib compressed PDF in a text field:
Set Field [ PDF::PDFFile ; MBS( "Container.Decompress"; MBS( "Container.RenameStream"; MBS( "Container.DecodeFromHex"; "FILE"; PDF::PDF_hex; "test.pdf"); "FILE"; "ZLIB" )) ]
See also
- Archive.GZipDecompress
- Container.DecodeFromBase64
- Container.Decompress
- Container.Rename
- Container.RenameStream
- Text.EncodeToHex
- Text.ReadTextFromContainer
Example Databases
Blog Entries
This function checks for a license.
Created 30th November 2016, last changed 1st May 2022
