The case of cl_http_utility=>decode_x_base64

Hi,

Lately there was a thread of converting BASE 64 TO PDF .

I was intrigued so I decided to do some tests (We might get any kind of data this way) .

Using Java I generated a Base64 text file (this will be used as input ) .

This is how the output file looks like (1,060,588 byte long string)

Time for some abap code:

Program steps ( Y_R_EITAN_TEST_31_10 ) :

- Using cl_gui_frontend_services=>gui_upload to upload the text file.

- Using cl_http_utility=>if_http_utility~decode_x_base64 to decode the data the output from this method is xstring .

- CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>gui_download to write the xstring as PDF .

I have new valid PDF file named "An Easy Reference for ALV Grid Control.new.pdf" .

Comparing the files using MD5 tell me that the files are not identical !!!!

So I used a binary editor to compare:

There is some extra bytes in the new file .

This does not interfere in this case but might cause a problem with other file formats and it is annoying...(Any idea ???? )

This all for now.

regards.