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CreateBinaryData Function

Description

This function will create a new variable containing passed data in binary format..

Syntax

retval = CreateBinaryData( varType, variable )

Parameters

The function has the following parameters:

ParameterDescription
varTypeType of variable you want to insert. This is the same as it is for GetValue, LockVariable.
variableAn existing variable to create binary data from.

See Also

GetByteSize(), GetBinaryValue(), PutBinaryValue()

Example

declare function CreateBinaryData, GetByteSize

existingVar = "data"

existingSize = GetByteSize( existingVar )

newVar = CreateBinaryData(UBYTE, existingSize ) : existingVar