Make a byte64 String from an UTF-8 String in AX2012

by Moritz · 20. December 2015

A small “how to” about the conversion between a byte64 String and an UTF-8 String in AX2012 and (because very similar) in C#.

byte64 String to UTF-8

	static void strToBase64Str(Args _args)
	{
	System.Byte[] byte;
	str strUTF8Input = "AX2012R3CU9",
	str64;
	System.Text.Encoding encoding = System.Text.Encoding::get_UTF8();

	// UTF8 input
	byte = encoding.GetBytes(strUTF8Input);

	// base64 Output
	str64 = System.Convert::ToBase64String(byte);

	// result
	info(strFmt("UTF8 input: %1", strUTF8Input));
	info(strFmt("base64: %1", str64));
	}

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	public class Example
	{
	public void main()
	{
	byte[] bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("AX2012R3CU9");
	string base64 = Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);
	Console.WriteLine(base64);
	}
	}

	// Output:
	// QVgyMDEyUjNDVTk=

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Please note: This will only work if you know that the bytes are encoded as UTF-8.

	static void strToBase64Str(Args _args)
	{
	System.Byte[] byte;
	str str64 = "QVgyMDEyUjNDVTk=",
	strUTF8Output;
	System.Text.Encoding encoding = System.Text.Encoding::get_UTF8();

	// base64 Input
	byte = System.Convert::FromBase64String(str64);

	// UTF8 output
	strUTF8Output = encoding.GetString(byte);

	// result
	info(strFmt("base64: %1", str64));
	info(strFmt("UTF8 output: %1", strUTF8Output));
	}