DCL Compass Points Similar to DDVPOINT

[Lee Mac]

If you rename the sld files to txt, They are still compiled files and not readable as a list.

 

You aren't renaming the SLD files to txt, just reading them using a TextStream, derived from the FileSystemObject.

 

Where do these slide lists come from?

 

Read post #97. (& #96)

 

There is a significant advantage using this method. You cannot, for example, compile SLD files into a VLX, so you can encode them using this method, and then re-write the SLD files using the list of ascii codes, containing the original information.

 

Not only that, but the method is not limited to SLD files - If you read over at theSwamp I believe the Russian genius ElpanovEvgeniy uses the method to read a binary file...

[Lee Mac]

Here's another great tutorial about the FileSystemObject:

http://www.afralisp.net/lisp/script1.htm

[Lee Mac]

Another related thread:

http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=31521.0