CryptographicBuffer.ConvertStringToBinary Method

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.Security.Cryptography

Converts a string to an encoded buffer.

public:
 static IBuffer ^ ConvertStringToBinary(Platform::String ^ value, BinaryStringEncoding encoding);

 static IBuffer ConvertStringToBinary(winrt::hstring const& value, BinaryStringEncoding const& encoding);

public static IBuffer ConvertStringToBinary(string value, BinaryStringEncoding encoding);

function convertStringToBinary(value, encoding)

Public Shared Function ConvertStringToBinary (value As String, encoding As BinaryStringEncoding) As IBuffer

Parameters

value

String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

String to be encoded.

encoding

BinaryStringEncoding

Encoding format.

Returns

IBuffer

Encoded buffer.

Examples

public void ConvertData()
{
    // Create a string to convert.
    String strIn = "Input String";

    // Convert the string to UTF16BE binary data.
    IBuffer buffUTF16BE = CryptographicBuffer.ConvertStringToBinary(strIn, BinaryStringEncoding.Utf16BE);

    // Convert the string to UTF16LE binary data.
    IBuffer buffUTF16LE = CryptographicBuffer.ConvertStringToBinary(strIn, BinaryStringEncoding.Utf16LE);

    // Convert the string to UTF8 binary data.
    IBuffer buffUTF8 = CryptographicBuffer.ConvertStringToBinary(strIn, BinaryStringEncoding.Utf8);
}