Best way to store a .zip within code

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B+man
 #1
I'm a lazy bum with no way to upload files (don't ask why) and a guy did this someplace else without sharing his method. (http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=38938#433551) So I ask, what is the best way to make a B+ file that writes a .zip file which is stored within the code, like a Data statement? Hopefully I don't sound too idiotic.

Abrexxes
 #2
http://www.sodaware.net/dev/blitz/libs/blitz.zipapi/

I think that should be what you are looking for.

Andres
 #3
Ive done something like that by adding (just appending) a file to the exe and after that i read the exe from a certain seek position (size of the exe, without the included file) and "extracted" the file. It worked, but its possible that it could crash the application or something.

exe% = OpenFile(exe)
SeekFile(exe%, FileSize(exe))
zip% = ReadFile(zip)
for i = 1 to FileSize(zip)
    WriteByte(exe%, ReadByte(zip%))
next


B+man
 #4
No, I don't mean that, I mean doing something where I just post the code, you run it, and whoop-dee-doo now you have the zip file.


EDIT dang this post has a short limit.

Here it is with a much smaller zip:
;AddZipData "MindWarp.zip","MindZip.bb","file"

Function AddZipData(zip$,blitz$,label$)

	;Do the two files
	Local fil=ReadFile(zip)
	Local bb=OpenFile(blitz)
	If Not bb RuntimeError "BB file does not exist!"

	;Get end of file position for blitz file
	Repeat
		ReadByte bb
	Until Eof(bb)

	WriteLine bb,"."+label

	newl=1
	Repeat
		newl=newl-1
		If newl=0 Then 
			WriteLine bb,"Data "+Chr(34)+lin$+Chr(34)
			newl=140:lin=""
		EndIf
		writ$=Asc(ReadByte(fil))
		ok=0
		If Int(writ)<10 Then writ="00"+writ:ok=1
		If Int(writ)<100 And ok=0 Then writ="0"+writ
		lin$=lin$+writ
	Until Eof(fil)
	
	WriteLine bb,"Data "+Chr(34)+"END"+Chr(34)

End Function


	fil=WriteFile("MW.zip")
	Restore file
	Repeat
		Read lin$
		For r=1 To 140
			byte$=byte$+Mid(lin,r)
			If byte<>"END" Then WriteByte fil,Chr(byte) Else End
			byte$=""
		Next
	Forever

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Hm... why is the new file 100 bytes bigger than the original?

B+man
 #5
sorry for post =/

can someone delete this please

B+man
 #6
sorry for the post =/

could someone please delete this

Abrexxes
 #7
If you use the WriteLine command, blitz add to every line the lenght (of the line) in 2 bytes.

For example "HELLO" will take 7 bytes and not 5. It you read the line with ReadLine you must remove the first 2 bytes. So i recommand to use "Bytes" for this.

bye

B+man
 #8
What difference does it make? Writing with it to a bb file shouldn't cause any issues, should it?