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FromBase64Transform Class

Converts a CryptoStream from base 64.

System.Object
  System.Security.Cryptography.FromBase64Transform

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public class FromBase64Transform : ICryptoTransform, 
	IDisposable

The FromBase64Transform type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method FromBase64Transform() Initializes a new instance of the FromBase64Transform class.
Public method FromBase64Transform(FromBase64TransformMode) Initializes a new instance of the FromBase64Transform class with the specified transformation mode.
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  Name Description
Public property CanReuseTransform Gets a value indicating whether the current transform can be reused.
Public property CanTransformMultipleBlocks Gets a value that indicates whether multiple blocks can be transformed.
Public property InputBlockSize Gets the input block size.
Public property OutputBlockSize Gets the output block size.
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  Name Description
Public method Clear Releases all resources used by the FromBase64Transform.
Public method Dispose() Releases all resources used by the current instance of the FromBase64Transform class.
Protected method Dispose(Boolean) Releases the unmanaged resources used by the FromBase64Transform and optionally releases the managed resources.
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Releases the unmanaged resources used by the FromBase64Transform. (Overrides Object.Finalize().)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method TransformBlock Converts the specified region of the input byte array from base 64 and copies the result to the specified region of the output byte array.
Public method TransformFinalBlock Converts the specified region of the specified byte array from base 64.
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Base 64 Content-Transfer-Encoding represents arbitrary bit sequences in a form that is not human readable.

The following example decrypts a base 64-encoded file to an output text file.


using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;

namespace ToBase64Transform_Examples
{
    class MyMainClass
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            //Insert your file names into this method call.
            DecodeFromFile("c:\\encoded.txt", "c:\\roundtrip.txt");
        }

        public static void DecodeFromFile(string inFileName, string outFileName)
        {
            FromBase64Transform myTransform = new FromBase64Transform(FromBase64TransformMode.IgnoreWhiteSpaces);

            byte[] myOutputBytes = new byte[myTransform.OutputBlockSize];

            //Open the input and output files.
            FileStream myInputFile = new FileStream(inFileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
            FileStream myOutputFile = new FileStream(outFileName, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);

            //Retrieve the file contents into a byte array.
            byte[] myInputBytes = new byte[myInputFile.Length];
            myInputFile.Read(myInputBytes, 0, myInputBytes.Length);

            //Transform the data in chunks the size of InputBlockSize.
            int i = 0;
            while(myInputBytes.Length - i > 4/*myTransform.InputBlockSize*/)
            {
                myTransform.TransformBlock(myInputBytes, i, 4/*myTransform.InputBlockSize*/, myOutputBytes, 0);
                i += 4/*myTransform.InputBlockSize*/;
                myOutputFile.Write(myOutputBytes, 0, myTransform.OutputBlockSize);
            }

            //Transform the final block of data.
            myOutputBytes = myTransform.TransformFinalBlock(myInputBytes, i, myInputBytes.Length - i);
            myOutputFile.Write(myOutputBytes, 0, myOutputBytes.Length);

            //Free up any used resources.
            myTransform.Clear();

            myInputFile.Close();
            myOutputFile.Close();
        }
    }
}


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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Example error
> 4/*myTransform.InputBlockSize*/
As mentioned in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.frombase64transform.inputblocksize.aspx myTransform.InputBlockSize is 1 not 4.