I considered this approach -
but the need is for data passing between processes, so writing to disk 
is not really 'efficient'.

I went/am going with a simple convert it all to text approach.  The 
data will not need to deal with blobs, or pictures so this will do for 
now.



On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:54:44 +0200, Koen Van Hooreweghe via 4D_Tech 
wrote:
> Hi Chip,
> 
> No native command as you might have learned from the answers on your post.
> Not too difficult to implement yourself. Below is what I've been 
> using for a long time.
> I just noticed that I did not delete the intermediate disk document, 
> but if untouched, the files in the temporary folder are automatically 
> removed by the OS after three days (at least on macOS).
> 
> HTH
> Koen
> 
> C_POINTER($1;$tablePtr)
> C_BLOB($0)
> 
> $tablePtr:=$1
> 
> C_TEXT($path)
> 
> If (Records in selection($tablePtr->)#0)
> $path:=Temporary folder+Generate UUID
> SET CHANNEL(10;$path)
> SEND RECORD($tablePtr->)
> SET CHANNEL(11)
> 
> DOCUMENT TO BLOB($path;$0)
> 
> DELETE DOCUMENT($path) //added upon sharing code
> Else 
> TRACE
> End if 
> 
> 
>> Op 30 jul. 2018, om 20:48 heeft Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech 
>> <[email protected]> het volgende geschreven:
>> 
>> I do not see a command that allows this action (directly)
>> am I missing something, or do I need to write something?
> 
> 
> 
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