I believe this was tried and the problem was that J is linked statically to CRT and the structures are internal. So the DLL call won't have the effect.
There is a work arround, but it's a hack. See stdout definition at the bottom of http://jsoftware.com/svn/addons/trunk/web/jhp/jhp.ijs --- June Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would this work? > > 'msvcrt _setmode + i i i' cd 1;32768 NB. 1 is stdout, 32768 is _O_BINARY > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccore98/HTML/_crt__setmode.asp > > > 2007/1/6, Eric Iverson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I will take a look at this. It is a good suggestion and something will > > be done unless there are unforseen problems. > > > > Are there compatibility issues with old uses? > > > > What about 5 for stderr. > > > > It might be easier (and take less analysis) to simply add 6 and 7 for > > binary versions of 4 and 5. > > > > Joey and other console users: any comments on this? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Oleg Kobchenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Beta forum" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 6:41 PM > > Subject: [Jbeta] Stdout write in binary mode for windows > > > > > > > Now there is no way to emit binary data > > > using stdout. For example, this is important > > > for CGI binary output, such as images; > > > or if J is used as a slave process to return > > > binary data through the pipe, like task. > > > > > > Is it possible in the upcoming release to > > > change the implementation of 1!:2&4 > > > so that it uses binary mode instead of text mode? > > > > > > If somebody needs to output CRLF in text for windows > > > it easy to do in J before calling the function > > > or use "echo" (1!:2&2) which could remain in text mode. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
