Yes, you can return the data as a byte array and it will encode on the wire. On the other hand you can pick up the byte array and either write it to disk or creaet a stream from it...

Note though that there's overhead in this as the data is base64 encoded, so it'll likely double in size.

+++ Rick ---

>I have a SQL db that holds data for clients in the field. I have been tasked with passing in with the new data some new PDF files that they could/would use.
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>I have the data moving fine that would end up in a VFP table. Should I consider using the same [WebMethod] or go to an FTP call from the client, using the new data that they just downloaded?
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>Size of existing files is usualy .25 meg or .75 meg for a larger one.
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>TIA
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>__Stephen