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Incoming Document Attachment Content Extraction

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Hi,
 
I have a dynamics 365 backup file, I was able to restore in a local mssql server instance, I have access to all columns including the `Incoming Document Attachment` one, I want to use Javascript to get all the document records and create local copies of the pdf files, I am using the official mssql server client and the `Content` column is converted to a buffer that I can use to create the files but when I tried to open the file I get errors related to the file being unusable, I would like to know if there is an special encoding key or decryption key I need to get to generate these files, it is my first time working with dynamics and I have no idea how to proceed.
 
Note: I also tried to copy the text content (hex encoded string) and I used Javascript to get a buffer and create the file but no luck also, I was not able to open the file.
 
Thanks in advance for the help.
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  • Gerardo Rentería García Profile Picture
    27,054 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Hello, maybe this can help:
    Dynamics 365 Business Central: How to bulk export/download attachments (Downloading multiple attachments via zip file) – Customization
  • CU27040942-1 Profile Picture
    2 on at
    Hey,gdrenteria, thanks for your answer, unfortunately it does not help me because I am doing this outside of the dynamics environment, in my case it is a nodejs script but thanks for your help, I suspect that dynamic internally does something to the file encoding, I believe thats what I need to figure out

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