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Is it Possible to Convert Base64string to Plain text in blob field in D365 Business central? How?

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I am getting base64string data in blob field using API. Now I want to convert that Base64string to readable format and want to store that data as xml file. So that I can view that file and download it. 

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    Gianfranco C. Profile Picture
    370 on at

    hello,

    to convert the base64 code and store it in a table blob field, you can do it this way:

    var

    RecRef : RecordRef;

    cuTempBlob: Codeunit "Temp Blob";

    DocOutStrem: OutStream;

    Base64Convert: Codeunit "Base64 Convert";

    begin

    cuTempBlob.CreateOutStream(DocOutStrem);

    Base64Convert.FromBase64(base64value, DocOutStrem);

    RecRef.GetTable(Rec);

    cuTempBlob.ToRecordRef(RecRef ,Rec.FieldNo(BlobField));

    RecRef.SetTable(Rec);

    end;

    to read the xml file contained in the blob inside the AL code, you can use XMLDOCUMENT like this

    var

    XmlDoc: XmlDocument;

    inStr : Instream;

    begin

    Rec.CALCFIELDS(BlobField);

    Rec.BlobField.CreateInStream(inStr);

    XmlDocument.ReadFrom(inStr, XmlDoc);

    end;

    from here you can use the methods (XmlDoc.SelectNodes, XmlDoc.SelecSingleNode,...etc)

    look at the documentation to learn more:

    learn.microsoft.com/.../xmldocument-data-type

    if you want to save and download the content in xml files on your machine:

    var

    XmlDoc : XmlDocument;

    inStr : Instream;

    FileName : Test;

    begin

    FileName := 'myXmlFile.xml';

    Rec.CALCFIELDS(BlobField);

    Rec.BlobField.CreateInStream(inStr);

    DownloadFromStream(inStr, '', '', FileName);

    end;

    if it helped you, please select this answer, thank you

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    user 123 Profile Picture
    351 on at

    Hello,

    Thank you so much for sharing this code snippet of converting "Base64String to text" with me! I tried it and it worked perfectly for me. I really appreciate your help and I learned something new today thanks to you. Thank you again for your contribution to the conversation!

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