One more question about Rev cgi & binary data

[Richard Miller]

It's for conventional raw data as uploaded by type=file element.

Richard


On Apr 26, 2008, at 2:25 PM, jbv wrote:

>
>
> Richard,
>
> I see...
>
> One more question about the incoming data stream : is the jpeg data  
> raw
> data (as uploaded by a type=file element in an html form for  
> instance) or
> is base64encoded ?
>
> Thanks,
> JB
>
>> JB,
>>
>> I've found a stack script more flexible that a text script, and it
>> takes only a few minutes to convert from text to stack.
>>
>> Best,
>> Richard
>>
>> On Apr 26, 2008, at 12:56 PM, jbv wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Richard,
>>>
>>> Thank for the script, but your method implies the use of a cgi
>>> stack... what if a plain text script is used ?
>>> Actually, I'm looking towards a php solution right now...
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> JB
>>>
>>>> JB,
>>>>
>>>> Here's the solution which works for me. I know it seems a bit
>>>> bizarre. It took many attempts to figure out how to get it to work
>>>> reliably. But this works all the time.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Richard Miller
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------
>>>>   -- buffer has the incoming data stream
>>>>    put buffer into temp
>>>>    put empty into pictfile
>>>>    put offset("image/jpeg",temp) into xx
>>>>    if xx <> 0 then
>>>>      put xx+14 into xx
>>>>      put char xx to (the length of temp) of temp into pictdata
>>>>      put char 1 to xx-1 of temp into tdata
>>>>      repeat with i = the length of pictdata down to 1
>>>>        if chartonum(char i of pictdata) is 0 then
>>>>          put i into holdit
>>>>          exit repeat
>>>>        end if
>>>>      end repeat
>>>>      delete char (holdit+1) to the length of pictdata of pictdata
>>>>      put "binfile:TempPict_" & the milliseconds & ".jpg" into
>>>> PictFile
>>>>     -- these next steps are critical. It doesn't work otherwise.
>>>> Field "temp2" is just an empty text field on the cgi stack
>>>>      put pictdata into url PictFile
>>>>      put url PictFile into pictdata
>>>>      put pictdata into fld "temp2"
>>>>      put fld "temp2" into url PictFile
>>>>
>>>> The file PictFile will now be a regular jpeg file you can read and
>>>> manipulate as you would any jpeg file
>>>
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