I believe that there is no upper limit to the size of a variable in LC. So I am with Mike here. What makes you nervous about dealing with a large dataset within LC itself?
Craig > On May 9, 2022, at 8:49 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode > <[email protected]> wrote: > > have you tried ti? i have not run into a situation where a variable was too > big. > > On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 6:46 PM Mark Clark via use-livecode < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Wondering if anyone has used LiveCode for encrypting-decrypting large >> files? The docs typically have nice examples for files that can fit into a >> variable, but what are folks doing for big files that are larger than what >> you’d want in a variable? I’m thinking about using LC for decrypting zip >> compressed log files that can be multiple gigabytes in size. I’d like to >> use just LC vs. resorting to shell if possible. >> >> Likely need a hash value to compare the decrypted output against the >> original as well. I’m thinking some variation along the lines of open file >> x for read, reading some manageable chunk into memory, decrypting a >> portion, writing that to disk and repeat. But that seems too simple. Think >> we need AES 256. Any shared experience much appreciated. >> >> Thanks all, >> >> Mark >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > On the second day, God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
