I'm assuming that you are getting this information via CFHTTP? Yes? If so, you can use a couple of attributes in the CFHTTP tag to write the file automatically to your HD...
<cfhttp url="http://usps.gov/yourpdf.pdf"; method="GET" port="80" resolveurl="false" path="D:\intepub\wwwroot\" file="newpdf.pdf"> This will properly write the pdf locally. No translation needed. I got goofed when you said it's a binary base64 attachment? If it's just a binary document, this should work. Let me know if this is not the case. If it is truly a base64 string from the USPS, then use the toBinary and CFFILE to write it. HTH, Jeff Garza Lead Developer/Webmaster Spectrum Astro, Inc. 480.892.8200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spectrumastro.com -----Original Message----- From: Steven Salter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 2:41 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Cold Fusion code to decode binary base64 attachment >Try the toBase64(binaryvar) function built in to CF... You should then be >able to output the XML file as a string. > >Jeff Garza Thanks Jeff, hmmm, that definitely changed the binary content into something else. I tried to save it as a pdf with cffile but it still looks like a string of characters. :) I suppose I should be more specific. My steps: 1) receive binary from usps as a result (this works) 2) extract binary string from result, let's call the variable 'binvar' 3) <cfset myvar = #tobase64(binvar)#> 4) display #myvar# or write it to a file as a PDF. am I on the right track? Sorry I am being so dense this afternoon, getting late for me. Thanks, Steve ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server � PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
