RAW import parameters in external service

Hi all,
I'm extending an application that has been written by somebody else.
I need to connect to an RFC using CAF external services.
In this RFC one of the input parameters (GUID) is of the type RAW. When I import an external service (based on this RFC) into the NWDS. I then add is as a dependencie to my Application service, generate a webservice of my application service, build and deploy the CAF project.
When I now go the the wsnavigator, open my application service and select the operation I want to test. I fill in the paramters and send submit but the RAW import parameter GUID is not being passed on to my RFC.
In fact when I look at the SOAP message that is being sent, the GUID parameter is empty (it fills in 'AA==' while I inserted '4A53589C71132123E10000009959C278' as value).
POST /CRMActivitiesWS2/Config1?style=document HTTP/1.1
Host: lumnrs61.luminus.int:54200
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8
Connection: close
Cookie: <value is hidden>
Cookie: <value is hidden>
Cookie: <value is hidden>
Authorization: <value is hidden>
Content-Length: 416
SOAPAction: ""
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<pns:ReadOfferData_R xmlns:pns='urn:CRMActivitiesWS2Vi'>
<pns:offerGuid>AA==</pns:offerGuid>
<pns:portalId>FOA_test</pns:portalId>
</pns:ReadOfferData_R>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
I think this has something to do with the conversion of the input field to the RAW dataformat. Does anybody know how I can solve this?
Kind regards
Wouter

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