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HB_SerialNext()

Returns the position of the next chunk of binary data to retrieve.

Syntax

HB_SerialNext( <cBinaryData> ) --> nPos

Arguments

<cBinaryData>

This is a character string obtained from one or multiple calls to HB_Serialize(). It holds the binary data of one ore more previously serialized variable(s).

Return

The function returns the starting position of the next value encoded in <cBinaryData>. This value can be passed to SubStr().

Description

Function HB_SerialNext() is a utility function of xHarbour's serialization system. It finds the position of the next chunk of binary data in the serialization string.

Note:  refer to the file source\rtl\hbserial.prg for a usage example of HB_SerialNext().

Info

See also:	HB_Deserialize(), HB_GetLen8(), HB_Serialize()
Category:	Serialization functions , xHarbour extensions
Source:	rtl\hbsrlraw.c, rtl\hbserial.prg
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll