Sending files with MooClick and MooGame

[Pablo]

I remember that somebody was asking for a way to do this. Well, working in my current project I've figured an easy way to do it.

MooGame and MooClick can send and receive strings. All you've got to do is encode your file the same way that is encoded often when you send an email: in base64.

How? If you use the binary object, you can load a file and encode it to base64. As a result, you obtain a file that is pure TEXT, composed by lines of 76 characters. You can send the lines one by one (or in bigger blocks), and in the destination only need to make a text file that contains all of these lines. Later you open it with the binary object, and decode from base64 to normal binary mode.

Hope it helps somebody!

Greetings!

[DJFuego]

Yes I have known about this method for some time but don't use it because the text can be huge and has anyone actually created a way of sending 10 megs worth of data in base64? I still think that sending a binary file would be quicker.

[Pablo]

Well, the base64 file size is about 33% bigger than the original, but hey, 33% it's not that bad if the file is not huge.

[Joshtek]

Yes, last time this was discussed I suggested it should be encoded using the Binary object with the help of the Binary Quickload object. Before sending the file you should state the size of the transmission, and you could perhaps use checksums (MD5 or other) to ensure the file was transferred correctly.

[neat_Kliker2]

"Well, the base64 file size is about 33% bigger than the original, but hey, 33% it's not that bad if the file is not huge. "
To fix: Before Base64'ing the file, use binary objects ZLib compression method (you should also be able to use this to make zips without a 3rd party zip extension so long as the header is correct) and it makes it much smaller. Base64 size of a 1.4MB .xm music file is 2MB, it goes down to 0.7MB with ZLib compression

[Pablo]

Good idea!

[neat_Kliker2]

"Good idea!"
Feel free to fix: http://www.clickteam.com/epicenter/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=40282&Main=4028 2#Post40282
I think the problem lies within ZLib decompression and such