Question

I have a binary string that I need to write to a file. I have a feeling that this should be a simple procedure, but then again, VBScript. The FileSystemObject is of no help, since it munges the data. The Stream object looks promising, with it’s adBinaryMode and its Write method, but the Write method requires a byte array and won’t seem to accept a variant array instead. Since VBScript arrays are all variant arrays, this seems problematic.

So, how do I just write the data to a file?

EDIT: I should add that the whole thing has to be VBScript. No extra components. Sorry, I don’t like it either.

Answer 1

It’s also possible with the ordinary FileSystemObject, here is code I’m using in custom upload script that I wrote long time ago using code I found online that converts binary string to ASCII:

Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile("file path here")
objFile.Write(RSBinaryToString(strBinaryContents))
objFile.Close
Set objFile=Nothing
Set objFSO=Nothing

Private Function RSBinaryToString(xBinary)
    'Antonin Foller, http://www.motobit.com
    'RSBinaryToString converts binary data (VT_UI1 | VT_ARRAY Or MultiByte string)
    'to a string (BSTR) using ADO recordset

    Dim Binary
    'MultiByte data must be converted To VT_UI1 | VT_ARRAY first.
    If vartype(xBinary)=8 Then Binary = MultiByteToBinary(xBinary) Else Binary = xBinary

    Dim RS, LBinary
    Const adLongVarChar = 201
    Set RS = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
    LBinary = LenB(Binary)

    If LBinary>0 Then
        RS.Fields.Append "mBinary", adLongVarChar, LBinary
        RS.Open
        RS.AddNew
        RS("mBinary").AppendChunk Binary 
        RS.Update
        RSBinaryToString = RS("mBinary")
    Else  
        RSBinaryToString = ""
    End If
End Function

Function MultiByteToBinary(MultiByte)
    '© 2000 Antonin Foller, http://www.motobit.com
    ' MultiByteToBinary converts multibyte string To real binary data (VT_UI1 | VT_ARRAY)
    ' Using recordset
    Dim RS, LMultiByte, Binary
    Const adLongVarBinary = 205
    Set RS = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
    LMultiByte = LenB(MultiByte)
    If LMultiByte>0 Then
        RS.Fields.Append "mBinary", adLongVarBinary, LMultiByte
        RS.Open
        RS.AddNew
        RS("mBinary").AppendChunk MultiByte & ChrB(0)
        RS.Update
        Binary = RS("mBinary").GetChunk(LMultiByte)
    End If
    MultiByteToBinary = Binary
End Function