Hi Ken,
The thing to remember is that files are just collections of bits. You can take the bits and convert them to a compact string, then expand that string when you need it to create a new file. The compact string can be placed in a method and saved as part of a change set.
The main issue with GIF is that you need to change the stream to binary.
Here is an example from seaside:
seasideBanner "This is a copy of http://www.netstyle.ch/include/seaside/pics/top.jpg" "((( | mimeDoc | mimeDoc _ 'http://www.netstyle.ch/include/seaside/pics/top.jpg' asUrl retrieveContents. Clipboard clipboardText: (Base64MimeConverter mimeEncode: mimeDoc content readStream) contents )))" ^self base64Decode: '/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wB [...snip...] BPpS0UAFFFFABRRRQAUUUUAFFFFABRRRQAUUUUAF FFFABRRRQB//2Q=='
base64Decode: aString ^ (Base64MimeConverter mimeDecodeToChars: aString readStream) contents You can see in the comments of the seasideBanner how then got the string to store. I had to change the code some and wrote a retrieveBinaryContents for 3.9. You just need to send the message binary to the stream to convert it to a binary stream.
If you need a more detailed explanation please let me know.
Hope that helps!
Ron Teitelbaum
From: Ken Dickey Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:35 AM
Greetings,
I have updates a morphic based FreeCell card game I did a few years ago to 3.8. I would like to put in into SqueakMap (or wherever) but the changeset file-in requires a directory of GIFs (the card images) to be in the working directory for import into the image.
What is the best way to do this?
Thanks much, -KenD
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