May,21 2003

The idea is very simple. Substitute standard setIniVar()/getIniVar() functions from tbwin.dll with functions that split entry line longer than 1023 characters into several entries and collect all entries into a single line when you read file.

First link tbwin.dll
linkDLL "tbwin.dll"
    WORD setIniVar1024=setIniVar(STRING,STRING,STRING,STRING)
   STRING getIniVar1024=getIniVar(STRING,STRING,STRING)
end

Then add following script for new setIniVar()/getIniVar() functions. View script.

For example, setIniVar("info","Text",txt,iniFile), will create several entries to store all parts of long string txt

[info]
Text_1="..."
Text_2="..."
Text_3="..."
...

As a solution convert page into a single line and use functions setIniVar()/getIniVar() discussed above. With the same success you can convert binary data into text format and store it in the ini file.

For text you can use function TextToASCII() , that converts every 4 characters of input sting into 7 characters of output one combining digits and letters from 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

ASCIIToText() performes the reverse conversion. View script.

Other scripts for data conversion you will find here.