Using Binary.dll... how to?

[Rod]

I'm having trouble. How can i add a reference to BinaryFile.dll and then create an object of this type?

[Erel]

Choose Tools - Components - Add Dll (Both) and add BinaryFile.dll.
Choose Tools - Add Object - BinaryFile and add the object.
See the manual: http://www.basic4ppc.com/help/binaryfile/index.html for information on working with this library.

[Rod]

Thanks. Now it works... or at least compiles. But the data.dat file doesn't saver the files. :S
Don't know why. The code i have as follows:

Sub Globals

End Sub

Sub App_Start
	Form1.Show
End Sub

Sub Button1_Click
	FileOpen(c1,Encaje.Text,cRandom)
	bin.New1(c1,true)
End Sub

Sub Encajar_Click
	bin.EmbedFile (AppPath & TextBox2.Text)
	bin.EmbedFile (AppPath & "\aboutOk.png")
End Sub

Sub Button4_Click
	FileClose(c1)
End Sub

Any ideas?

[Rod]

how can i creat I bin file then that contains a series of images?

Thanks

[Erel]

You're code seems right except of this line:
bin.EmbedFile (AppPath & TextBox2.Text)

You should probably change it to:
bin.EmbedFile (AppPath & "\" & TextBox2.Text)

[Rod]

Thanks!!!

I did ti, thanks. Now I can embed files in to a data.dat. Now the thing is, i have a series of images in the same data.dat. How can i retrieve them? I don't think this do the job:
Form1.Image = bin.RetrieveImage
Form1.DrawImage(bin.RetrieveImage,10,10)

Thanks again tho

[Erel]

I'm not sure what you want to achieve but this is what your code does:
Form1.Image = bin.RetrieveImage 'Makes the first image to be the background
Form1.DrawImage(bin.RetrieveImage,10,10) 'Draws the second image on the form at 10,10.

Note that you can use the ImageLib library for more drawing options.

[Rod]

Thanks!

[alexeew]

This don't work with ImageButton

ImageButton1.Image = bin.RetrieveImage

Why ?

That work!!!
Image1.Image = bin.RetrieveImage
ImageButton1.Image = Image1.Image

[alfcen]

Hello Alex

In order to minimize memory load the Image Button just references to an image. It is best to retrieve images from a binary file into an ImageList control and assign images to Image Buttons, such as

FileOpen(p1,"images.dat",cRandom)
  bin.New1(p1,true)
  For i= 0 To x
    ImageList1.Add(bin.RetrieveImage)
  Next
FileClose(p1)

ImageButton1.Image = ImageList1.Item(x)