Thanks. FYI, yes, you can use Tempfile#write.

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Hugh Sasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, Devyn Cairns wrote:
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>> I don't think anyone heard me the first time...
>
> AFAIK, no there isn't, but you could write the string to a tempfile
>   require 'tempfile'
>
>   tempfile = Tempfile.new("image")
>   tempfile.close
>   open(tempfile.path,"w") do |f|
>     ...#scribble your string in here
>   end
>   tempfile.close
>   image tempfile.path
>   tempfile.unlink
>
> for some completely untested code.
>
> Possibly you can replace the close...open()do...end with just
> tempfile.puts -- you can tell I don't use this often.
>
>        Hugh
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Devyn Cairns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:04 PM
>> Subject: Ways to load images
>> To: [email protected]
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>> Is there any way to load an image from a byte string and specify the format?
>> I need to for a network-enabled shoes project I'm working on... It's
>> gonna be HUGE!
>>
>

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