File Content Extraction 26.2
Filter SDK C++ Programming Guide

# binary_value

Provides direct access to a binary value.

This method does not perform any conversion and will throw if the value's data type does not match the type requested.

OpenText recommends using apply_visitor to process all metadata from a document, but this function might be helpful when you want to process a single metadata element and know its data type.

## Syntax

    std::basic_string< unsigned char > binary_value() const;

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Product: File Content Extraction 26.2

Topic Title: binary_value