It is always a good idea to try to show the code you tried (without posting a too much code).
Sounds like you actually tried ByteArray.writeUTFBytes instead of var ba:ByteArray = new ByteArray() ba.writeUTFBytes(someString); -Alex On 11/26/14, 8:24 AM, "Devesh Mishra(NABFS00)" <devesh.dmis...@igate.com> wrote: >I tried, but it seems that complier is unable to find writeUTFBytes() >method. >It says, Call to a possibly undefined method writeUTFBytes through a >reference with static type Class. > >Flex SDK: 4.6 >AIR Version: 15.0.0.293 > >-- >Thanks & Regards, >Devesh Mishra > >-----Original Message----- >From: Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] >Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 9:47 PM >To: users@flex.apache.org >Subject: Re: String to ByteArray > >Base64Decoder expects Base64 text format. >Base64Encoder would convert your String to Base64 text format, but that >doesn’t seem very efficient. >ByteArray.writeUTFBytes will add the String to the ByteArray. > >Does that help? >-Alex > >On 11/26/14, 3:37 AM, "Devesh Mishra(NABFS00)" <devesh.dmis...@igate.com> >wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I am trying to get byteArray from a String using below code. But >>getting an error. >> >>var _strEncode:String = "Sample String"; var _byteArr:ByteArray = new >>ByteArray(); var decoder:Base64Decoder = new Base64Decoder(); >>decoder.decode(_strEncode); _byteArr = decoder.toByteArray(); >> >>Error: A partial block (1 of 4 bytes) was dropped. Decoded data is >>probably truncated! >> >>Any Help ! >> >>-- >>Thanks & Regards, >>Devesh Mishra >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Disclaimer~~~ >>~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>Information contained and transmitted by this e-mail is confidential >>and proprietary to IGATE and its affiliates and is intended for use >>only by the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are >>hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of >>this e-mail is strictly prohibited and you are requested to delete this >>e-mail immediately and notify the originator or mailad...@igate.com >><mailto:mailad...@igate.com>. IGATE does not enter into any agreement >>with any party by e-mail. Any views expressed by an individual do not >>necessarily reflect the view of IGATE. IGATE is not responsible for the >>consequences of any actions taken on the basis of information provided, >>through this email. The contents of an attachment to this e-mail may >>contain software viruses, which could damage your own computer system. >>While IGATE has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise this >>risk, we cannot accept liability for any damage which you sustain as a >>result of software viruses. You should carry out your own virus checks >>before opening an attachment. To know more about IGATE please visit >>www.igate.com <http://www.igate.com>. >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Disclaimer~~~~~~ >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Information contained and transmitted by this e-mail is confidential and >proprietary to IGATE and its affiliates and is intended for use only by >the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby >notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of this >e-mail is strictly prohibited and you are requested to delete this e-mail >immediately and notify the originator or mailad...@igate.com ><mailto:mailad...@igate.com>. IGATE does not enter into any agreement >with any party by e-mail. Any views expressed by an individual do not >necessarily reflect the view of IGATE. IGATE is not responsible for the >consequences of any actions taken on the basis of information provided, >through this email. The contents of an attachment to this e-mail may >contain software viruses, which could damage your own computer system. >While IGATE has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise this risk, >we cannot accept liability for any damage which you sustain as a result >of software viruses. You should carry out your own virus checks before >opening an attachment. To know more about IGATE please visit >www.igate.com <http://www.igate.com>. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~