Binary Value Type

Overview

The Binary value type is used to store large binary data including images and files. A Binary value is persisted in Base64 encoding format.

For more information refer to the Base64 Encoding topic in MSDN.

Definition

A Binary value type is defined in the following manner:

[base64]

Item Behaviour Description
base64 Optional The Base64 encoding of the binary data. If this is empty then the value is Null.

Predefined values

The following is a list of predefined Binary values:

Default value Null

Configuration

A Binary attribute value configuration has the following format:

<exampleElement>WAOAJSBH...UYD==</exampleElement>

For more information refer to the Convert.ToBase64String Method topic in MSDN.

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