Re: Multiple files in one

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Fryme wrote:
> I'm trying to create my own file format.

Others have already questioned the wisdom of such an approach.

Rather than inventing a whole new file format that is peculiar to your
application, why not use a standard container format (such as the
zipfile format) and write your image file and a descriptive text file
to that?

Not only will the resultant file be in a recognizably standard format,
but the process of reading and writing the file can be simplified,
relative to your home-grown approach, by the use of one of many freely
available libraries.

-- 
Regards,
  Daniel.
[Lest there be any confusion I am NOT the Boost maintainer of the same
name]


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