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File Cabinet --&gt; Other Binary File
When a file is not a recognized type, NetSuite classifies it as 'Other Binary File' and when you call 'getContents' it returns a base64 Encoding.

So for files that aren't in the cabinet but you know them as TXT, it's not impossible to process them without renaming them.

For example: OFX files.. They are text, but NetSuite File Cabinet doesn't recognize them and returns content as base64.

This is the snippet I wrote to convert the Other Binary File to the Text version:
`var ofxFile = file.load({ id: '1345' });`
`var ofxContents = ofxFile.getContents();`

`// If the type is 'Other Binary File', the 'isText' property will be false`
`if (!ofxFile.isText) {`
    `ofxContents = encode.convert({`
        `string: ofxContents,`
        `inputEncoding: encode.Encoding.BASE_64,`
        `outputEncoding: encode.Encoding.UTF_8`
    `});`
`}`