On Jun 07, 2006, at 02:50 UTC, RBNUBE wrote: > I've been looking into this, and I haven't seen anyone mention base 64 > encoding.
No? That's the standard solution for storing a file reference in a text file or database -- EncodeBase64 the GetSaveInfo, and in reverse, DecodeBase64 and pass it to GetFolderItem. > Any suggestions on how to improve this--such as avoiding encoding issues? Since the GetSaveInfo is binary data, there are no encoding issues. But you WILL probably get into trouble if you skip the EncodeBase64/DecodeBase64 step, as you're doing here. Write out EncodeBase64(data), and when reading, set data to DecodeBase64(rowFromFile). Don't try to store binary data in a text file. (Of course if you make a binary file, you can skip the base 64 encoding.) Best, - Joe -- Joe Strout -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verified Express, LLC "Making the Internet a Better Place" http://www.verex.com/ _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
