[comp.sys.amiga.tech] Binary info in AREXX programs

ranjit@grad1.cis.upenn.edu (Ranjit Bhatnagar) (07/16/89)

OK, here's the deal - I want to use custom bitmaps and Images in
my AREXX programs so I can make beautiful custom gadgets to use with
rexxarplib and such.  Is there a nice way to do it?

	- store the binaries in a separate, indexed file.
	  This is icky because it means the program will require more
	  than one file.

	- store the binaries in text form (0xa7fb) in the AREXX source.
	  Big waste of space!

	- store the binaries in the resource fork.  Drat!

What do you suggest?

	-ranjit


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peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) (07/20/89)

In article <12895@netnews.upenn.edu>, ranjit@grad1.cis.upenn.edu (Ranjit Bhatnagar) writes:
> OK, here's the deal - I want to use custom bitmaps and Images in
> my AREXX programs so I can make beautiful custom gadgets to use with
> rexxarplib and such.  Is there a nice way to do it?

No. This is why AREXX is not a general solution to the IPC problem. It
does cover about 90% of the bases, though.

The best solution is a seperate file... pass the name around.
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