Binary data from external

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi,

Is LiveCode 5.0.2 able to read binary data from an external? I thought this was impossible, but my colleague, who is working on an external, tells me there is no reason why it would not work.

I believe I need to use a command with a variale included as parameter to make an external return binary data:

put empty inyo myVar
someExternalCommand "myVar"
set the unicodeText of fld x to myVar

(assuming that we do something with UTF16). If LiveCode could read binary data from an external, then we could do:

set the unicodeText of fld x to someExternalFunction()

which would be much nicer. Has anyone got experience with externals that return binary data?

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Best regards,

Mark Schonewille

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