VS:ReadBin
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Description
Procedure ReadBin will read binary data from a currently open file. The variable length parameter list returns the read data in the specified parameters.
Supported data types include INTEGER (2-bytes), REAL (8-bytes), LONGINT (4-bytes), CHAR (1-byte) or STRING/DYNARRAY OF CHAR (see remarks).
The bytes will be written as little-endian.
Strings will require additional INTEGER parameter to specify encoding: 0 – mac; 1 – win; 2 – system; 3 – UTF8; 4 – UTF16.
PROCEDURE ReadBin(
VAR z :ANY);
def vs.ReadBin(): return z
Parameters
z ANY
Version
See Also
[[VS:WriteBin]] | [[VS:Open]]