Virtual Bin for Resources

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 8:48 pm

For anyone interested, I have posted a virtual bin maker "VBin Maker" along with a PB Library "VBin_Lib" for retrieving files from the Virtual Bin.

This allows you to compress (and encrypt) your graphics and audio into a single BIN file and then easily retrieve any of the resources from the BIN to use with PureBasic's Catch commands. Folder structure is also preserved within the BIN.

Download it from the PureBasic Resources Site under ASM Libs.

Enjoy

Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 9:14 pm

Once again excelent work Paul!

dontmailme · Post by **dontmailme** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 9:29 pm

Nice one, will have to check it out !

GPI · Post by **GPI** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 9:33 pm

I have a little Request:

Can you write a lib, that do the same thing for resources (type RCData)?

And: Can i add your lib in the UserLibrariesPack?

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 9:30 pm

GPI wrote:Can i add your lib in the UserLibrariesPack?

I have no problem with my libs appearing on sites that allow for the selection and download of individual libs.

What I don't like are libs included in a big package where the user must install everything and is not allowed to select individual packages.

Thans

benny · Post by **benny** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 10:04 pm

Hey Paul,

I had just a quick look on your lib, but it sounds fantastic. It is the best compromise between including EVERYTHING in one file (includebinary) and, the opposite, load all the "raw" data from disk !

Thank you very much !!!

cykotic · Post by **cykotic** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 10:29 pm

I've said it once and I'll say it again... great work Paul!

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 6:28 am

While I still try to get this thing working at all, is there any way to be able to pass a file name of the "bin" file to the library, instead of it always having the .bin extension?

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:28 pm

Any updates to this library yet?

PolyVector · Post by **PolyVector** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:17 pm

Shannara wrote:While I still try to get this thing working at all, is there any way to be able to pass a file name of the "bin" file to the library, instead of it always having the .bin extension?

Heh, I would be willing to pay money to get rid of the ".bin" extention... I'm using this lib for the SS FreeStyle project (which has become quite MASSIVE)... I would rather not have to switch libraries just to get a different extention on the theme archives...

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:43 pm

Heh, I was willing to pay money for something awhile back on these forums, remember? But unfortunately, nobody here are really into money, and the code I needed was never created...

I wish you luck with this one.

PolyVector · Post by **PolyVector** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 10:12 pm

It's frustrating really... The library has never failed me but I can't get rid of the ".bin".....
Oh well... If that's how Paul wants it, it's his lib

I only wish one of the zip libs for PB worked with the newest updates...

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 3:54 pm

It's frustrating really... The library has never failed me but I can't get rid of the ".bin".....

Hi Guys. Did anyone shoot me an email asking if the ".bin" extension could be changed?
I don't think it would be a problem to make this change but without knowing of problems or requests, how would I know to make changes??

PolyVector · Post by **PolyVector** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:04 pm

Sorry Paul

You get this kinda crap often I've noticed

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:29 pm

Heh true, and sorry.

Anyways, have you been able to add this feature in yet? I know of at least two peeps who can use this