Opening a zipped file in RunRev?

[Jim Hurley]

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>Message: 4
>Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 17:14:58 +0100
>From: Klaus Major <klaus at major-k.de>
>Subject: Re: Opening a zipped file in RunRev?
>To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
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>  > But I am still puzzled as to how you decompress a stored file. I can
>>  compress a field but not decompress the file--something like an empty
>>  can of coke.
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>  > Jim
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>Hi Jim,
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>Have you tried "binfile:"?
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>put compress(field 1) into url "binfile:xxx"
>put decompress(url "binfile:xxx") into field 1
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>Works here for me...
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>Regards
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>Klaus Major
>klaus at major-k.de
>www.major-k.de
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>Jim,
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>Change "file:xxx" to "binfile:xxx".  "File" tells Revolution to treat
>it as a text file; "binfile" tells Rev "this is a binary file: don't
>mess with it".
>--
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>Rob Cozens


Klaus and Rob,

Thanks, that clears up  that part of the mystery. I see that I need 
to put things in the right bin.

Jim