Method encodeBase64 gets me a "Method not found" java error

Hi,

must commit that i am not a java expert …

I want to make an SOAP/WSDL connection and therefore try to establish an URLconnection.

// - I import these libs:

import lotus.domino.*;

import java.net.*;

import java.io.*;

import java.util.*;

import java.io.PrintWriter;

import java.util.Date;

import java.security.Security;

// - then create the connection:

HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

// - then try to give username/password in encoded format:

conn.setRequestProperty(“Authorization”, "Basic "+encodeBase64((“myusername:mypassword”).getBytes()));

and get the error (when saving):

Method encodeBase64(byte) not found in class JavaAgent.

But I found this example a few times here in this forum.

am I missing sth? Or is my Designers version to old? I copied it into a designer 7 environment but get a similar error: cannot resolve symbol

Thanks for any help in advance!

Uwe