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4D Internet Commands v14

IT_Decode


IT_Decode ( fileName ; decodedFile ; decodeMode ) -> Function result

Parameter	Type	Description
fileName	Text	LocalPath to an encoded file
decodedFile	Text	LocalPath file specification
		Path of decoded file
decodeMode	Integer	1 = BinHex 2 = Base64 (Data fork only) 3 = AppleSingle 4 = AppleDouble 5 = AppleSingle AND Base64 6 = AppleDouble AND Base64 7 = UUEncode 8 = MacBinary
Function result	Integer	Error Code

Description

The IT_Decode command decodes a file using the decodeMode specified. The specified file will not be altered and a decoded copy will be created.

fileName takes a full pathname specification to a file you want to decode. If an null string is passed in this parameter the user will be prompted with a dialog to select a file.

decodedFile can be passed:

a full LocalPath file specification providing a name and location for the decoded file.
a full LocalPath folder specification indicating the folder that will receive the decoded file using the original file name.
a null string (in this case, the IT_Decode command) will provide its own name for the document, located in the same folder as the file specified in the first parameter.
Whether specified or not, the full path of the decoded document will be returned in this parameter.

decodeMode identifies which decoding method to apply to the file. The default value is 1 for binhex decoding. Other methods are:

Code	Scheme
1	BinHex
2	Base64 (Data fork only)
3	AppleSingle
4	AppleDouble
5	AppleSingle and Base64
6	AppleDouble and Base64
7	UUEncode
8	MacBinary

When decoding using AppleDouble (decodeModes 4 & 6), this command looks for a file named "%filename" for the resource fork.