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Magnus · Newbie Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 3

Hi,

I would like to append the contents from several files into a new file, but I can't get it to work. The files can become quite large (up to 1Mb, maybe more)

I've been looking into BINFILE and @BINFILE but I cannot get it to work only looking in the helpfiles.

I did some work in VDS 3.5 a couple of years ago, but I still considder me a VDS newbee. I'm using the latest evaluation copy of VDS to see if I can solve the functionallity I am after.

Cheers,
Magnus

Serge · Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:42 am Post subject:

hi magnus,

you really need to show us the code that you have used to append the lists...folks will then be able to help you work out why it doesn't work

serge

Skit3000 · Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 11:26 am Post subject:

Maybe the DOS command "copy" will do, using the right parameters? Or do you have to extract the files from the big file as well?

Serge · Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 2:46 pm Post subject:

come to think of it...doesn't dos have a append command that appends 2 files together??!? i vaguely remember something like it...

if it did, you could use vds to run the dos append command with the right switches and parameters

serge

Skit3000 · Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 2:54 pm Post subject:

I think you mean something like this?

CodeScript · Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 2:54 pm Post subject:

Mac · Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 4:06 pm Post subject:

-
Unfortunately, the later versions of VDSug.dll have been
removed from VDSworld. The link CodeScript provided is
an old version that does NOT have file IO.

The latest (free) VDSug.dll version with file IO, draw.dll
functions and many other features can be downloaded
here:

http://www.trinex.net/users/mac/vdsug/

Cheers, Mac Smile

Boo · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 1:20 am Post subject:

Hi Magnus,

Here is some example code you can use with Mac's excellent vdsug.dll to append a group of bitmap files that reside in the same folder. (In essence, the attached code is a basic resource compiler.)

You can shape the code to meet your needs (and use the offsets to extract the original files--if needed).

I set the buffer for 1 MB, but the buffer might need to be adjusted depending on file size... (If the total of all files is over 1 MB, then you'll need to "up" the buffer size.)

Cheers!

- Boo