can blitzmax save to a .doc file? I know its simple to create and write to one but can you write to a .doc and include images and formating?
save to doc?
BlitzMax Forums/BlitzMax Programming/save to doc? It's just like writting any other file. You have to create the code to write the bytes into the file in the correct format for an MS-Word document. BMax doesn't know what type of file you are writing, you do. So the short answer is no, unless you know the format of a Word file.
EDIT: unless of course someone has written a module for this purpose.
EDIT: unless of course someone has written a module for this purpose.
If you're considering writing your own .DOC exporter, you may want to look at the RTF specifications instead. It's the 'older' word format, supported by pretty much any word processor, and a *lot* easier to do than the newer document formats.
Check out http://www.wotsit.org for format descriptions for most file extensions imaginable.
Check out http://www.wotsit.org for format descriptions for most file extensions imaginable.
And RTF has the advantage of being a real standard.