{"id":8287,"date":"2020-07-14T09:28:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T16:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/?p=8287"},"modified":"2020-07-14T09:39:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T16:39:00","slug":"uploading-pdf-files-that-require-binary-encoding-to-a-web-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/uploading-pdf-files-that-require-binary-encoding-to-a-web-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Uploading PDF files that require binary encoding to a web service (character sets)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The attachment of PDFs, JPGs and other file types through a web service call can be challenging, because character sets vary depending on the usage. Whitespace, non-printable ASCII data, line endings, tabs and other special characters can cause problems if the correct character set is not selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The binary encoding type is one solution to the issues noted above. Binary encoding is a bit-for-bit copy of the data that is useful for transferring non-text files like PDFs, JPGs and other file types. The character set to choose for binary encoding with eFORMz is ISO-8859-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Character sets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A character set is a table for mapping of the expected result to a position. For example \u2018A\u2019 is 64 in most tables and \u2018B\u2019 is 65. The first 128 positions are the same for most tables. EBCDIC<\/a> is a notable and frequent exception. As most tables hold 256 positions (8-bit), the upper characters (128-255) will vary depending on use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n