export ascii and insert a text file

[Enrique Arredondo]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian K. White" <brian at aljex.com>
To: "filePro mailing list" <filepro-list at seaslug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: export ascii and insert a text file


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Enrique Arredondo" <henry at vegena.net>
> To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 10:54 AM
> Subject: export ascii and insert a text file
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>> How can I make this happend :
>>
>> I'm generating a XML document to a ascii file , but Under the tag 
>> "ImageFile" I need to do a quick system command that will convert a JPG 
>> file to a text file and stick in inside this tag and then close the tag.
>>
>> So the Idea is to do this :
>>
>> Then : "<ImageFile>"{system noredraw "base64 chevy350.jpg > 
>> chev350.64"{"</ImageFile>" ;gosub writeit
>>
>> How should I import the chev350.64 to this line ? using a GETENV or 
>> import ascii line by line ?
>
> Neither I think.
>
> assuming the export filename is in ef
> and the jpg filename is in jf
>
> My first suggestion as the best balance between efficient and robust:
> close export
> system noredraw "base64" < jf < ">>" < ef
> reopen export in append mode

Ok, so far so good, the base64 file is getting appended to the file, but 
after when I issue any of these commands :

Then:  export ascii xritea=(filename) -a

or Then :  export ascii xritea=(filename) -a -x

Is not writing to the file anymore, Is the "base64 >>" command locking the 
file so that if I try to append it can't any more ? Or After I do a :

Then : close xrite

Should I do something else before the "export ASCII ....." ?

Thanks