If speed is not an issue, you can do this: set the unicodeText of fld x to unhex( someHexExternalFunction() )
I'm hoping that the iOS style interface will move to the other platforms as an option. (For all I know, it has done so when I wasn't looking.) I often create stack-library and external pairs and do most of the sugar coating in the library, so if you use that style, you can still create your function as a wrapper around another method. Dar On Feb 20, 2012, at 10:24 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Thanks, Dar. I think we are going to include a lot of NULLs in our data. That > probably means we shouldn't use a function. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.7 for LiveCode here http://qery.us/za > > On 20 feb 2012, at 18:19, Dar Scott wrote: > >> My external C code boilerplate includes a function to create a hex >> returnable value. I sometimes do that. If you learn of a better way, I >> would like to learn of that. >> >> It is easer with iOS externals. >> >> You might be able to do this by analysis. If you know your characters will >> never include a zero byte, then you can just to an ordinary return of data. >> >> Dar >> > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
