1FILE_TO_PASCAL_DATA(1)           User commands          FILE_TO_PASCAL_DATA(1)
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NAME

6       file_to_pascal_data,  file_to_pascal_string  -  convert files to Pascal
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SYNOPSIS

10       file_to_pascal_data INPUT_FILE OUTPUT_FILE
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12       file_to_pascal_string INPUT_FILE OUTPUT_FILE
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DESCRIPTION

15       The file_to_pascal_data and file_to_pascal_string programs can be  used
16       to  convert  files to Pascal source code, in order to embed data inside
17       Pascal programs.
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19       file_to_pascal_data encodes INPUT_FILE as an  Array  of  Byte,  whereas
20       file_to_pascal_string encodes it as a string literal.
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EXAMPLES

23       Consider  a  file  containing  only  the text "Example" (with a newline
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26       After converting the input using file_to_pascal_data, the  output  file
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29           const EmbeddedData: {$INCLUDE output_data.inc};
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31       After including the file, this will evaluate to something like:
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33           const EmbeddedData: array[0..7] of byte = (
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37       The  output generated by file_to_pascal_string can be used in a similar
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40           const EmbeddedString = {$INCLUDE output_string.inc};
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42       After including the file, this will evaluate to something like:
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44           const EmbeddedString = 'Example' + LineEnding;
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SEE ALSO

47       pascal_pre_proc(1), pasdoc(1)
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51                                  2021-09-22            FILE_TO_PASCAL_DATA(1)