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Asked: 2026-05-10T21:41:55+00:00

To preface I am using Borland C++ and the VCL. I need some sort

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To preface I am using Borland C++ and the VCL.

I need some sort of structured storage object which can be saved to disk as a single file and can contain multiple named blobs of binary data which I can programatically enumerate, access and manipulate.

The IStorage interface seems to be close what I want but I would prefer a VCL style solution as converting TStream’s (VCL) to IStream’s among other things gets awkward and their must be a simpler solution using the VCL stuff allready available, like a TIniFile but for binary data.

I don’t want to use XML as the binary data blobs are very large and when correctly encoded for use in XML it’s completely inneficient.

Thanks in advance for all suggestions.

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  1. A zip file is de facto a standard container, and it seems you can get a TStream interface to them: http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=6734

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