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Get Contents of File as Base64

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Demonstrates how to read the contents of a file and convert to a base64 string. PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

$bd = New-Object Chilkat.BinData

$success = $bd.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $("Failed to load file.")
    exit
}

$($bd.GetEncoded("base64"))

# If you want mult-line base64:
$("--")
$($bd.GetEncoded("base64_mime"))

# If you want hex..
$("--")
$($bd.GetEncoded("hex"))

# etc.