Writing to and from a binary file?

[Phil Davis]

Hi Keith - welcome to the community!

Here is a code snippet I shared on the use-revolution list almost 2 years ago. 
It shows how to cut an image up into 10 'frames':

http://www.mail-archive.com/use-revolution@lists.runrev.com/msg124691.html

HTH -
Phil Davis


On 7/22/11 3:17 PM, Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab) wrote:
> Thanks Mark. Would you happen to know of any examples out there especially for 
> binary files?
>
>
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>> Hi Keith,
>>
>> Unless I misuderstand you, you should be able to do what you want using byte 
>> and binfile (and the read and write commands or the put url command).
>>
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>> On 22 jul 2011, at 23:59, Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab) wrote:
>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> I am new to LiveCode and am continuing to explore the language.
>>>
>>> Quick question... Is it possible to write to and from a binary file 
>>> utilizing LiveCode? For example, is it possible to take a graphic file (for 
>>> example) and split it into several unequal parts, and then put the parts 
>>> back together again into a single file? I have used another programming 
>>> package to accomplish such.
>>>
>>> FYI: Reading in the Dictionary, I came across the byte and binfile entries. 
>>> Can these be used to accomplish what I am looking for? If so, then are there 
>>> any good examples out there?
>>>
>>> Thanks, and any help is most appreciated!
>>>
>>> Cheers from Florida!
>>>
>>> Keith "Boo" L.
>>
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