Can I create a variable with a custom type (like HSC for highscores)?
Q: Is it possible to create a file which will have a custom type (i.e. which does not appear in VAR-LINK as a stanard type like STR, PIC, PRGM etc.). For example, I want to create a highscore file which will appear in VAR-LINK as HSC type… A: Christian Walther pointed to me that this is possible. Moreover, this is easy. All you need to do is to create a file of “other” type (i.e. which terminates with OTH_TAG). TIOS then expects that a real type name is stored just below OTH_TAG as a zero-started zero-terminated string of maximum 4 chars. Look the following code fragment as an example: FILE *fp = fopen (“example”, “wb”); // store anything you want in the file here fputc (0, fp); fputs (“HSC”, fp); fputc (0, fp); fputc (OTH_TAG, fp); fclose (fp); After this, you will have a file named “example” with type “HSC”: you will see it in the VAR-LINK dialog.
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