Writing to and from a binary file?

Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab) keith at gulfbreezeortholab.com
Fri Jul 22 18:17:05 EDT 2011


Thanks Mark. Would you happen to know of any examples out there especially 
for binary files?


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From: "Mark Schonewille" <m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com>
To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: Writing to and from a binary file?


> 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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