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The romfile object can only access first 65534 bytes of each file. This is because the romfile.pointer is a variable of word type. This method will also work only within this limit. |
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Romfile.Getdata Method |
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Function: |
Reads data from a currently opened resource (ROM) file. |
Syntax: |
romfile.getdata(maxinplen as byte) as string |
Returns: |
String containing a part of the ROM file's data |
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Description |
maxinplen |
Maximum input length -- number of characters to read from the file. |
Details
Readout size is limited by three factors (whichever is smaller): capacity of the receiving string, the amount of remaining data in the file (from current position- see the romfile.pointer), and maxinplen parameter. Current position is moved forward by the actual number of bytes that was read out.
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The romfile object can only access first 65534 bytes of each file. This is because the romfile.pointer is a variable of word type. This method will also work only within this limit. |
