ReadFrom Method of ByteArray class - Read binary data from a file

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Description

Reads data from file.

HTTP headers and non-asci characters (Content-Disposition, filename, attachment)

Some ways to download file names with international (non-asci) characters.

Syntax

ByteArray.ReadFrom (FileName as String, [StartPosition as Variant = 1], [Length as Long])
 

Where Type Optional Default Description
 FileName  String     File to read data. 
 StartPosition  Variant  yes  1  Start position, based to 1. 
 Length  Long  yes    Number of bytes to read from file. 

Remarks

- You can read 2GB maximum data block
- 16kB - 65kB data block is a good settings for ASP download.
- StartPosition accepts 64bit integer, so you can read data blocks from files with size > 2GB.

Examples

ASP gigabyte download - download over 2GB, 4GB, very large/huge files.

See also

ByteArray.SaveAs

Other links for ReadFrom

Methods of ByteArray class

Find, FindRev, CharSetConvert, Left, Mid, ReadFrom, Right, SaveAs, SetSize

Properties of ByteArray class

Base64, ByteArray, CodePage, HexString, CharSet, Length, Punycode, String

ScriptUtils.ByteArray

Works with safearray binary data - save/restore binary data from/to a disk, convert to a string/hexstring, codepage/charset conversions, Base64 conversion, etc.
     ByteArray is a COM class specially designed to work with Microsoft Windows Scripting engines - VB Script and JScript in Active Server Pages or WSH and in CHM or HTA applications. It also works with VB Net, Visual basic (VBA - VB 5, VB 6, Word, Excel, Access, …), C#, J#, C++, ASP, ASP.Net, Delphi and with T-SQL OLE functions - see Use ByteArray object article. You can also use the object in other programming environments with COM support, such is PowerBuilder.
     Source code for ByteArray is available within distribution license, please see License page for ASP file upload and ScriptUtilities.

ScriptUtils

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