Convert

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Methods:

Name	Description
FromBase64CharArray	Decodes a base-64 character array to a byte array. The Offset and length specify a subset of the character array to be decoded.
FromBase64String	A base-64 string containing characters to be decoded to a byte array.
ToBase64CharArray	Converts the value of a subset of a byte array to an equivalent subset of a Unicode character array consisting of base 64 digits. Parameters specify the subsets as offsets of the input and output arrays and the number of elements in the input array.
ToBase64String	Converts the value of a subset of a byte array to an equivalent subset of a Unicode character string consisting of base-64 characters. Parameters specify the subsets as offsets of the input array and the number of elements in the input array to process.
ToDateTime	Converts the value of the specified object to a CorDateTime object, using the specified culture-specific formatting information.
ToInt64	Converts the value of the specified object to a 64-bit signed integer.
ToString	Converts a datatype value to a string representation using any supplied formatting or provider arguments.

Name

Description

Decodes a base-64 character array to a byte array. The Offset and length specify a subset of the character array to be decoded.

FromBase64String

A base-64 string containing characters to be decoded to a byte array.

ToBase64CharArray

Converts the value of a subset of a byte array to an equivalent subset of a Unicode character array consisting of base 64 digits. Parameters specify the subsets as offsets of the input and output arrays and the number of elements in the input array.

ToBase64String

Converts the value of a subset of a byte array to an equivalent subset of a Unicode character string consisting of base-64 characters. Parameters specify the subsets as offsets of the input array and the number of elements in the input array to process.

ToDateTime

Converts the value of the specified object to a CorDateTime object, using the specified culture-specific formatting information.

ToInt64

Converts the value of the specified object to a 64-bit signed integer.

ToString

Converts a datatype value to a string representation using any supplied formatting or provider arguments.

Remarks

To access the methods of this class, call the method using the Convert.Method syntax.

Examples

This example takes a byte array containing 10 elements with values 1 to 10 and encodes it into a Base-64 string encoding. The encoded string is then decoded back into the original byte array and displayed for view.

Private Sub Main()
    Dim Original() As Byte
    Dim Decoded() As Byte
    Dim s As String

    ' Create a byte array containing values 1 to 10.
    Original = NewBytes(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

    ' Display the original byte array values
    Debug.Print "Original Bytes"
    DisplayBytes Original

    ' Encode the byte array into a Base-64 Encoded string.
    s = Convert.ToBase64String(Original)

    ' Display Base-64 Encoded string.
    Debug.Print t("\nBase-64 Encoded String")
    Debug.Print "  " & s

    ' Decode Base-64 string into byte array.
    Decoded = Convert.FromBase64String(s)

    ' Display decoded byte array.
    Debug.Print t("\nBytes After Decoding")
    DisplayBytes Decoded
End Sub

'Displays the contents of a byte array.
Private Sub DisplayBytes(ByRef Bytes() As Byte)
    Dim i As Long

    Debug.Print "  ";

    For i = LBound(Bytes) To UBound(Bytes)
        Debug.Print Bytes(i) & " ";
    Next i
    
    Debug.Print
End Sub

' This code produces the following output.
'
'    Original Bytes
'      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
'
'    Base-64 Encoded String
'      AQIDBAUGBwgJCg==
'
'    Bytes After Decoding
'      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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