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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>
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Subject: Re: FileTypes
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 09:20:26 +0200
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Matt:

> I am trying to associate a pixmap that already exists on the disk with
> a certain record.  i don't want to open it or manipulate it at all, i
> simply want to "tag it along" with the record for later use(writing it
> to a database).  the book i have only tells me how to use
> sequential_io.  any suggestions?  thanks in advance.

Why not just dump it into an array of bytes then?

Jacob
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