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Qndre

The file "subspace.bin" cannot be loaded and stored in a variable by my application because it produces an overflow. I need to load the "subspace.bin" to generate the security checksum. What should I do?

D1st0rt · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 10:49 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

look at the new MERVBot(.40), Catid has managed to do away with needing subspace.bin in the directory
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Qndre · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 11:08 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I've got the source of a very old version of MERV scripted in Basic and this version isn't able to send checksums. The new version is scripted in C (!!!!!!!) and I am not able to read/write C.

CypherJF · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:12 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Maybe this is the point where you should take the advice of ekted, and others, learn it.
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nintendo64 · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:00 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

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Public SubspaceBin As String

Public Sub LoadSubspaceBin()
Dim Handle As Integer
'
On Local Error GoTo Error_LoadSubspaceBin
'
Handle = FreeFile
Open App.Path & "\SUBSPACE.BIN" For Binary As #Handle
'
If LOF(Handle) <> 630784 Then
MsgBox App.Path & "\SUBSPACE.BIN is corrupted." & vbCrLf & "Exiting.", vbCritical, "Error"
Unload Me
Else
SubspaceBin = String(630784, " ")
Get #Handle, 1, SubspaceBin
End If
'
Close #Handle
'
Exit Sub
'
Error_LoadSubspaceBin:
MsgBox "Can't find " & App.Path & "\SUBSPACE.BIN." & vbCrLf & "Exiting.", vbCritical, "Error"
Unload Me
End Sub

That's how you store it in VB.

Example in Pascal

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var
SubSpaceBin:array[1..630784] of Char;

procedure LoadSubSpaceBin();
var
F:File;
begin
if not FileExists('subspace.bin') then exit;

FillChar(SubSpaceBin,SizeOf(SubSpaceBin),Chr(0));
AssignFile(F, 'subspace.bin');
try
Reset(F, 1);

BlockRead(F, SubSpaceBin, SizeOf(SubSpaceBin));
finally
CloseFile(F);
end;
end;

-nintendo64

D1st0rt · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:42 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

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nintendo64 · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:41 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Mr Ekted · Movie Geek Gender: Joined: Feb 09 2004 Posts: 1379 Offline

BASIC, 1977

Mine GO BOOM · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 2:44 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Mr Ekted · Movie Geek Gender: Joined: Feb 09 2004 Posts: 1379 Offline

After BASIC, it was: Fortran (1982), Pascal (1983), Assembler (1984), C (1984). I picked up C++ at work (1993). I've also played with several other langauges. So far nothing comes close to C. It's at the right level to be able to do exactly what you want in a manner than you don't have to jury-rig every little thing (like using a "string" as a buffer in BASIC). C++ is a hack.

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:50 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Heh mine was TI-BASIC for their calcs.

Here's gorilla.bas Miney, great game

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