Question: In order to store logos in a database and display them dynamically in ms-reporting service, I need to base64 encode the image. It doesn't work with binary saved images, due to MS limitations...
Now my question: Which datatype do I use? Varchar, nvarchar or text? I guess varchar would be good enough, since base64 encoded, but images might be larger than 4000 characters...
I have come across some Base64 conversion functions in .net(FromBase64.string etc). What i want is, for a sample, i have a base 64 encoded string as
"48YwojCi4yaiow==".
I need to convert this string to the corresponding Hexadecimal text(The sample stands for "Thisistest" in hex text) The below link is an online converter from base64 to hexadecimal text. If you give the same base64 encoded data in the link , click on convert, the one that is seen below "Hexadecimal text" is what I need.
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Is there a standard library function in vb.net which does this? Converting a base 64 data to a hexadecimal text?
I need to Base64 encode a string, but the encoded string cannot contain "+". Wikipedia mentions a modified Base64 for URL, but I can't find a .NET class which uses this.For my application, I can't even URL encode "+" into "%2B". This is because I pass the encoded string to a service which I have no control over, and that service mangles any strings which contain "%2B". For this reason, I want my encoded string to only contain A-Z, a-z, 0-9, -, and _.
View 2 RepliesI am trying to convert a TIFF image to a base 64 string.I have seen so much code on the internet like the one below, but I don't understand it .I dont know what to change so it converts my image(s).I want the outcome (the bytes) as a variable that I can use outside this function. Know how to do that?
Private Function BytesToImage(ByVal ImageBytes() As Byte) As Image
Dim imgNew As Image
Dim memImage As New System.IO.MemoryStream(ImageBytes)[code]..........
I have some problems with converting the Image to Base64.
Functions:
Public Function ImageToString(ByVal im As Image) As String
Dim ms As New MemoryStream()
Dim.Save(ms, im.RawFormat)
Dim array As Byte() = ms.ToArray()
Return Convert.ToBase64String(array)
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I use this code for converting it:
StringToImage("Some Picture...")
But when I try to do the ImageToString, I need to enter something like this:
ImageToString(imageString)
How can I get that imageString?
anything wrong with using datatype object and determine datatype in class property? I have a typed dataset and it has several integers columns that are null in the db. and when I make a call it throws exception.is there anythign wrong with setting it as object in my dataset.. changing the throw exception property to Nothing and passing it to my property as integer?
for each row in myDS.DataTable
cRate.CustID = row.CustID
next row
and in my class
Public Property CustID() As Integer
Get
Return _custID[code].............
I'm using a 3rd party chart COM object (National Instruments CW graph) to plot data versus elapsed time.The x value needs to be a VB6 equivalent Date type which is a .NET DateTime datatype.What I need is a way to convert a TimeSpan datatype to a DateTime datatype.
Dim testTime as System.DateTime 'date
Dim plotTime as System.DateTime 'date
Dim elapsedTime as System.TimeSpan[code].....
I have a database in mysql. The column in table is of datatype time(0)
Similarly I have a control datetimepicker in vb.net I have assigned format property as custom to the control and the CustomFormat property as HH:mm:ss tt so that it can just provide the time. I dont want the date to be in it.
Issue comes when I try to retrieve the value from database I get an error as Converion of type 'Timespan' to type 'Date' is not valid
Try
Dim myCommand As SqlCommand
myCommand = New SqlCommand("select * from [HMS].[dbo].[DoctorSchedule] where DoctorID='" & txtDoctorID.Text & "'", Connection)
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I Need to Store bunch of Jpeg files from local file system to a column with image datatype in databse.Can any one please provide me some code to do it?
View 6 RepliesI am working on a produce inventory database in my VB Express program.I have a form on the bottom and a spreadsheet at the top. I want to enter all the data in the form and have that data automatically transferred as a group to the spreadshet in the upper part of the page when I press a button.I know that there's an insert function.I set it up correctly. The problem is that I have to convert the textbox, which contain string data, to the datatype used in the database spreadsheet.HOw do I use CAST or do this?Here's the function I am using:
Me.TableAdapterManager.InventoryTableAdapter.Insert(IDTextBox.Text, fruitName, unitprice, unitsize, unitIn, unitTransit, unitOut)
Evernything is a string cause the data is coming from a textbox, I need to convert it to the datatypes used in the database.Also how do I use the CAST and Convert functions
url...we get the encoded as alphapet base64..i want to talk as low level programming what will happen or this data how it will represent as binary and send it is it encoded again as ascii to binary or there is another idea.
View 12 RepliesI am writing a little project to parse a CSS file, and base64 encode all the background images.While I am able to parse the CSS correctly, it seems that everytime I try to convert the image file into a base64Encoded string, the string returned is always exactly the same.Please assume that all image paths are passing correctly to the method. In this instance, all images are fully qualified urls, so the first section of the method is what is doing the conversion.[code]
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to convert standard bytes like so:
00DEAD00BEEF0000
and convert it to base64.
I want it to go from bytes -> Base64.
Not
String -> Base64.
I need to call a web service from .Net and the web service is authenticted through Base64 authentication.I tried with Web service proxy and it is failed.
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So I've been going around the internet looking for a way to convert regular text(string) into base64 string and found many solutions. I'm trying to use:
Dim byt As Byte() = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(TextBox1.Text)
TextBox2.Text = convert.ToBase64String(byt)
but it end up with an error saying
'ToBase64String' is not a member of 'System.Windows.Forms.Timer'.
My app receives a PDF as a base64, zLib deflated string in an xml file. At least that's the format I'm told it is in. It gets stored in a database, then I need to recreate the PDF from that string. I created a test app to figure it out. The function below takes the string and is supposed to return it in a decoded, inflated format which I believe I'll be able to use to rebuild the original PDF (I'm not there yet). I've done lots of research and found a few different libraries and ways to do this as well as received a java program from the developer who is sending me the PDF to use as an example. However I can not get the string to a usable format. Using the ManagedZLib.dll and the function below seems to get me the closest. As far as I can tell from debugging, everything works until I try to decompress:
zStream.Read(decompressedBytes, 0, decodedBytes.Length - 1)
This produces a "zLib error: -3". The only info I can find on that error is it is a 'data error'. There is very little other information on the web about it.
Public Function DecompressString4(ByVal origString As String) As String
Dim returnString = Nothing
' get the base64 content into String
ManagedZLib.ManagedZLib.Initialize()
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I have been having some problems trying to decrypt the string returned back from SagePay.I used their asp.net kit which included the encrypt and decrypt functions using base64 - sending the information to SagePay is not a problem but I am having a number of problems trying to descrypt the string.Here is the function I am using to descypt:
Private Function base64Decode(ByVal strEncoded As String) As String
Dim iRealLength As Integer
Dim strReturn As String
Dim iBy4 As Integer
[code]....
I don't think the web server is trying to encode anything as there are no + symbols within the url string and I have just glanced over the two to compair they are the same.This returns a blank string whereas when I use the sections commented out in the first loop i get a really weired string back and when I use their simpleXor function it just returns complete nonsense.
I've been working on this challenge for a while now without much luck. What I'm attempting to do is split a MIME byte response into its individual images. I am given the boundary to split on in the HTTP header but when I attempt the following code it doesnt work.
'boundary to split on
Dim boundary as string = _
"boundarystring"
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I have a data table being returned that populates a repeater. One of the fields has the & character in the data and displays perfectly within the asp:literal on the screen. The source shows the & character un-encoded.My question is this: Does it NEED to be encoded? A co-worker is insisting that it must be encoded in order to be "HTML compliant". But it works perfectly for display purposes. Is this REALLY required for any type of compliance that I should even be worrying about?
View 1 RepliesI have a challange to convert the detected Encoding format of Text file to selected Encoding format. Like if the detected file is in Utf-8 and if user want to convert the encoding to Utf-16 or ANCII or Unicode. It will happen on one button click and the file will convert to the desired output encoding format.
Right Now I am able to detect the encoding but conversion not happening.
How can I generate a UTF-8 Encoded XML string?
View 2 RepliesI have an example of standard text (in Hex form) in a specific encoding (selected by the user). And I have a weirdly encoded text which is in the same encoding but a little different. How do I convert the Standard to the encoded Hex?
Cyrillic (ISO-8859-5) Example:
## 12 91 BB BE BA B8 C0 2E 20 CD BA C0 B0 BD B0 20 B8 20 BA BB B0 B2 2E <- ALTERNATIVE
B1 DB DE DA D8 E0 2E 20 ED DA E0 D0 DD D0 20 D8 20 DA DB D0 D2 2E <- STANDARD
Diff. from Standard (in Decimal): -32
Hebrew Visual (ISO-8859-8) Example:
## 1C 0B E0 E2 D9 DC EA 20 DE E1 DA 20 D5 DE E7 E9 D9 DD <- ALTERNATIVE
F0 F2 E9 EC FA 20 EE F1 EA 20 E5 EE F7 F9 E9 ED <- STANDARD
Diff. from Standard (in Decimal): -16
I have a scenario where i have to Parse a UTF-16 Encoded CSV file and populate a treeview using VB.Net. I need to parse the CSV files which may also support other languages. how to proceed on this and what classes of .net I can use to solve this issue.
In VB.Net we do not have a provision to parse a UTF-16 file But There is a provision for reading UTF-8 encoded file.The method is OpenText(). I want a similar method but it should parse or read a UTF-16 encoded file.
I am writing some rest calls to the LinkedIn API using web request and have hit an encoding issue.The LinkedIn API takes requires an encoded URI as one of the parameters on the lookup i am trying to run.
We are calling the api through .Net's WebRequest.Create; and when we pass in the URI it decodes it and as a result we can't get the data from the call. Im trying to open a URI like this[URL]..Is there a mechanism in the webrequest class to stop it decoding the passed in URI; or a work around for this?
I have to read a 2D barcode that's encoded with base256. When I scan the barcode, it sends different characters as it comes from the keyboard and it changes the focus, turns visual studio in full screen, give the command to send to printer from notepad++.
I guess it reads ALT + TAB, CTRL + P, ALT + SHIFT, etc. and i can't capture all the bytes from the barcode.
I tried to capture the event on textbox KeyPress method with e.handled = True and e.keyChar added to the bytes()
On form.load I set:
Me.KeyPreview = True
And tried also on form.KeyDown with no luck.
If On Open File BOM is npt found then i have to treat the file as UTF-8. If BOM compatible with UTF-16 is Found then load it as UTF-16 If BOM is not compatible with UTF-16 then post error message."Not Compatible"
How can I implement all these conditions at once. As the criteria for all is only BOM. how can I know if BOM is found or not. Kindly let me know.
I need to pass encoded string to php page. To convert string to iso:Dim result As Byte() = Encoding.Convert(Encoding.UTF8, Encoding.GetEncoding("iso-8859-1"), input)
I have this code to pass string, but how I must do it to pass Byte (variable result) instead of the string (variable MyVarString)?
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I was trying to read some file that is encoded with UTF-8 and save it as UTF-16 (Unicode) but it seems not to be fully working as all accents seem to vanish or are encoded to something that can not be read.
Here is the code that i am using:
Public Function GetFileContents(ByVal FullPath As String, Optional ByRef ErrInfo As String = "") As Object
Dim strContents As String
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I'm using this code to send encoded text to URL. This code is correct? Because if I send the same encoded string using PHP runs fine, but not in VB.NET
baseurl = "http://myurl.com/mypage.php"
client = NewWebClient
client.Headers.Add("user-agent", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.2; .NET
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The issue i have is i wish to take user submitted credentials on a form ascii encode them and output the encoded string. [code]...
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