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Method

Xojo.Core.TextEncoding.ConvertDataToText(data As Xojo.Core.MemoryBlock, allowLossy As Boolean = False) As Text

Supported for all project types and targets.

Converts a chunk of data in a MemoryBlock to Text.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
data	A MemoryBlock containing the data to convert.
allowLossy	When True, any characters that cannot be represented are replaced with the Unicode replacement character (U+FFFD).

Notes

Converts a chunk of data to Text. If the data is not valid for this encoding (e.g. overlong UTF-8 sequences), an exception is raised. The allowLossy parameter can be used to override this behavior. If it is True, any invalid input is replaced with the Unicode replacement character (U+FFFD).

Exceptions

• NilObjectException if data is Nil.
• RuntimeException if data is not valid for the encoding and allowLossy is False or if data has an unknown size.

Sample Code

This code takes data that came in on a MemoryBlock from an Xojo.Net.HTTPSocket.PageReceived event and converts it to UTF8 Text:

Var jsonData As Text = Xojo.Core.TextEncoding.UTF8.ConvertDataToText(content)