Convert Binary to Text
Converts the contents of a binary variable to text, using the selected encoding. The input text is ignored. This action is used when HTML, XML, or text files are passed as input to a robot through a binary variable.
Properties
The Convert Binary to Text data converter is configured using the following properties:
- Variable
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The variable whose value to get. This must be a binary attribute.
- Encoding
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The encoding used to decode the bytes in the binary variable. Binary content which can be converted into text is most often encoded in UTF-8, Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1), or Latin-1 (Windows-1252). If the text generated by this conversion contains the character '☐', the selected encoding is wrong or the character is non-displayable.
- Description
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Type in a description to be shown in the list of data converters. If there is no type in a description, one will be generated.