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In Windchill PDMLink, unable to upload or check in CAD files with error "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Last encoded character (before the paddings if any) is a valid base 64 alphabet but not a possible value".

Modified: 01-Sep-2020   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 11.0 to 11.1
  • Creo Parametric 4.0 to 6.0
  • Catia V5-6R2018
  • SolidWorks all releases

Description

  • Unable to upload or check in CAD files with following error in Event Management.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Last encoded character (before the paddings if any) is a valid base 64 alphabet but not a possible value
  • Method Server log shows below error:
com.ptc.windchill.uwgm.proesrv.action.UpdateContentAction <User_Name> - UpdateContentAction.executeAction ::
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Last encoded character (before the paddings if any) is a valid base 64 alphabet but not a possible value
    at org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.validateCharacter(Base64.java:798)
    at org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.decode(Base64.java:472)
    at org.apache.commons.codec.binary.BaseNCodec.decode(BaseNCodec.java:412)
    at org.apache.commons.codec.binary.BaseNCodec.decode(BaseNCodec.java:395)
    at org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.decodeBase64(Base64.java:694)
    at wt.fv.uploadtocache.CachedChapteredContentDescriptor.isValidEncodedCCD(CachedChapteredContentDescriptor.java:342)
    at wt.fv.uploadtocache.UploadToCacheHelper.parseCachedContentDescriptor(UploadToCacheHelper.java:407)
    at com.ptc.windchill.uwgm.proesrv.upload.CachedContentItem.getCachedContentDescriptor(CachedContentItem.java:132)
    at com.ptc.windchill.uwgm.proesrv.action.UpdateContentAction.createApplicationDataList(UpdateContentAction.java:226)
    at com.ptc.windchill.uwgm.proesrv.action.UpdateContentAction.updateContents(UpdateContentAction.java:176)
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