Writing in a file

[Inf0Byt3]

Hello guys. I've been playing with the file functions and I wanted to ask you something: I need to create a file and write in it the contents of a memory buffer, but I want to display the progress for this.
If I use WriteData() i can't know how many bits were written. I tried something like this:

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 global *a
 if createfile(0,"test.bin")
 for i = 1 to length
 writebyte(peekb(*a))
 ;show progress
 next i
 closefile(0)
 endif 

The problem is that the file is being created but it's empty
So can anybody please help??? Thanx in advance...

[El_Choni]

If length=0, no bytes will be written to the file and it'll be empty.

[Inf0Byt3]

I've checked it and the length is > 0. Any suggestions?

[SFSxOI]

never mind, it was stupid question anyway

[El_Choni]

If you don't post the entire code, I can't help. In the code you posted, length=0.

[Inf0Byt3]

AAA.. You were right. I defined the length as global and I was equalizing it with zero. I am stupid!!! Now the file gets created but it's very slow (200 kb/s). I'll post the code as soon as I can. Thanks!

[Inf0Byt3]

This isn't good either. I was working on an installer and when the user executes is, the installer writes the data pack to a temporary file. I cannot post it because it has many includes and i don't want to release the source for it (yet). The problem is that i want to show the progress when writing to the temp file. Is there a way to do this?

[wcardoso]

don't refresh the progress bar each byte you write to the file, do it every 10 or 20 bytes.

[Inf0Byt3]

Thanks for the tip, but i cannot show the progress at all, because I don't know how many bytes I've written to the file. If I use writebyte() method, it's very slow. If I use WriteData() i don't know how many bytes were written .

[Dare2]

Just curious, how do you use WriteData without the length parameter?

[Inf0Byt3]

I have the total amount of data I have to write:

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 global *a
 global length ;assume that length = 2312312 for example

 if createfile(0,"test.bin")

  for i = 1 to length ; I have the length 
   writedata(*a,length)
   Progress = length - a ;????? -> How much was written?
  next i

  closefile(0)
 endif

To show a progress, i need to know the total length, wich I KNOW and how much was written, right??? Then I calculate ?% of length is the data was written, right?

[Trond]

Thanks for the tip, but i cannot show the progress at all, because I don't know how many bytes I've written to the file. If I use writebyte() method, it's very slow. If I use WriteData() i don't know how many bytes were written .

Use WriteData() in 100 chunks.
For example, if you want to write 100 bytes, you execute WriteData() 100 times, writing one byte each time and updating the progress bar in between.
If you want to write 100 000 bytes you execute WriteData() 100 times, writing (100 000 / 100 =) 1000 bytes each time, updating the progress bar in between.
If you want to write 10 000 000 you execute WriteData() 100 times, writing (10 000 000 / 100 =) 100 000 bytes each time, updating the progress bar in between.

Just curious, how do you use WriteData without the length parameter?

You can't, it's mandatory.

[Inf0Byt3]

Damn, you're right, Trond!!! Why didn't I ever think of this????
Thanks. I'll try it now.

[Dare2]

Just curious, how do you use WriteData without the length parameter?

You can't, it's mandatory.

[Trond]

Just curious, how do you use WriteData without the length parameter?

You can't, it's mandatory.

Or if you're desperate, everything is possible:

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!push 5
!call _PB_WriteData@8

End
WriteData(1, 0)