Encodes a file or string of data in a specified encoding format.

Required Parameters

You must provide a value for one of the following fields, but not both:

• data: Data to encode.
• file: File to encode.

Optional Parameters

• format: The format to use for encoding. Available values are BASE64, HEX, HMAC, HTML, JIS, MD5, QP, SHA1, URL, UU, and YENC. The default value is BASE64.
• outfile: The file in which to store the encoded data.
• outformat: The format to use for encoded data. Available values are RAW, BASE64, and HEX. The default value is RAW.

Output Attributes

• encodeddata: The encoded data.
• format: The format used for encoding.
• outfile: If you specified an input value for outfile, this is the file that contains the encoded data.

Example

The following ArcScript code, when placed in a Script connector, reads data from an input file at [FilePath] and encodes it in the default BASE64 format:

<arc:set attr="encode.File" value="[FilePath]" />
<arc:call op="encEncode" in="encode" out="out">
  <arc:set attr="push.Data" value="[out.encodeddata]" />
  <arc:set attr="push.FileName" value="encoded.data" />
  <arc:push item="push" />
</arc:call>