Typically, you cannot store binary data in a string since strings cannot contain zero bytes, and strings must not contain invalid multibyte character set (MBCS) sequences. However, the TestStand LabVIEW Adapter and the TestStand API function SetValBinary support assigning binary values to string variables or properties. TestStand stores binary string values as compressed and encoded binary data using only printable non-MBCS-lead-byte characters.

The default TestStand report generator process model plug-in generates the binary string values in the compressed encoded formats. See the Retrieving Binary String Values from Reports and Databases topic for more information about retrieving binary data from string values.