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Creating and reading a custom file ext?

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Started by Nocturnus December 18, 2008 03:57 PM

1 comment, last by HomerSp 15 years, 4 months ago

Nocturnus

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December 18, 2008 03:57 PM

What I was wondering is if there is a tutorial/article on how to create and read a custom file extension in C++/DirectX. What I am trying to is basically store a coordinates for models. I don't want to use .txt file because these can be easily tampered with by end-users. Any suggestions would be very welcomed. -Thanks

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Palidine

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December 18, 2008 04:04 PM

A binary file can be just as easily tampered with by someone who knows what they're doing.

That said google "Binary File I/O"

-me

HomerSp

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December 18, 2008 04:05 PM

Do you want encryption? Compression? Or should the values be stored in as they are in binary form?

Some more info would be appreciated :)

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