activePDF Toolkit 2011 API Reference
Val_DecodePDFString
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Description: Decodes a string encoded as a hexadecimal value for an object attributes value known to represent a String object.
Syntax: "retValue" = object.Val_DecodePDFString (HexString)
Arguments: Argument Value Type Description & Settings
object N/A Set to an instance of the Explorer object.
HexString String A hexadecimal encoded string as returned by the Val_GetString method.
retValue: Value Type Description & Settings
String The decoded string of characters represented by the hexadecimal string contained in the String object. The method returns an empty string ("") if the string is empty or the string is not hexadecimal.