Re: How to access raw data (as seen in chevron syntax)
Re: How to access raw data (as seen in chevron syntax)
- Subject: Re: How to access raw data (as seen in chevron syntax)
- From: Tommy Bollman <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:05:02 +0200
Hello.
Actually I need a bit on enlightenment on "write 512 bytes of nothing".
I wonder how you do that, I know you use a string :) but does nothing consist of "\0" or "0" or what.
It would be very nice to see the actual statement.
Thanks.
On 2. juli 2010, at 10.23, Emmanuel LEVY wrote:
> Use the normal write command... but specify "as string" otherwise you'll get a zero inserted between bytes, no?
>
> Emmanuel
>
>
>> On 2/7/10 8:36 AM, "Matthew Strange" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> I've got a PICT resource on the clipboard and I'm trying to use
>>> AppleScript to write that data into a file. I can see the raw data
>>> (represented within chevrons as picture:data PICT264C...) but I can
>>> not figure out a way to actually get at those bytes.
>>
>> If you run "clipboard info", you'll see the type of the pic. Use that in:
>>
>> set x to the clipboard as <what you found>
>>
>> To write it to file, use the normal write command but fill the first 512
>> bytes with nothing first.
>>
>> --
>> Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
>>
>>
>>
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Tommy Bollman
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