HEXtoBIN for pure HEX-files

[rbytes]

Yes, microphone input would have been a nice bonus. And Bluetooth, etc.

Considering Apple's actions toward Smart Basic, I can't blame Mr. k for feeling persecuted by them. I feel only contempt for the low-level staffers he has dealt with. Can they really be so dense that they don't realize the difference between xCode code and the program scripts of Smart Basic? Are they so lacking in computer knowledge that they really thought that they could prevent "code" importing by blocking files with .txt extenders? It took Forum members only a few seconds to figure out the workaround. There are dozens of computer language apps on the App Store, and I can import "code" into any of them with a simple copy/paste. Pythonista has several free scripts that will import "code" directly from GitHub.

But these Apple minions say that Mr. K allowed cheating by allowing importing scripts with different file extenders. They insist on banning all file imports (with the exception of photos). What are they afraid of? It seems they don't understand the iOS sandbox concept. I find it a refreshing mental exercise to figure out ways to circumvent their foolishness.

[Dutchman]

I started the topic Quo Vadis about future use of SB. See viewtopic.php?f=26&p=11816#p11816
And I changed the name of this topic from HEX2BIN to HEXtoBIN, it was more or less suggested by rbytes

[Dutchman]

I cleaned HEX2BIN from multiline adaptations and changed the name to HEXtoBIN.
Some error-handling is added.
For larger files a bar is drawn during decoding in order to show the progress.
The screenshot shows result after decoding and testing "hardy.mp3HEX":

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The file "BIN to HEX procedure" has been updated with info on windows app "sfk.exe'
sfk.exe has been attached to the initial post in this thread.
Contents of the Dropbox-folder have been updated.

[Dutchman]

… I find it a refreshing mental exercise to figure out ways to circumvent their foolishness.

I borrowed your remark as signature

[rbytes]

That is the best signature line on the Forum.

[GeorgeMcGinn]

Until my service provider started to require a sign-in for every user, I have been using SmartBASIC's browsers to bypass dropbox, to Google Drive, or any time I needed to upload a file or download a file.

What most people do not know is that games such as GAW or TWG Golf, even Thrones all use external servers for everything from allowing the user to purchase game monies, and to stage battles.

Very little i done in the app. everything is done on the server.

A while back Rbytes and I did some work on a server which would allow users of any language (SmartBASIC to start with, the TechBASIC, Lua, etc) to act as a file storage wit both a public file access, and a private (container) access, and I had written scripts that the SB browser would execute to upload, download, replace and delete files, update, add, and delete records from random access files, and create new datafiles.

Apple had no issues with this as the server created the container and even the public files were a container for just the app (maintaining system game files).

For Apps that need to maintain just regular data files for processing (such as tax returns, order/delivery.invoicig etc) should also not cause a problem with Apple.

I started the topic Quo Vadis about future use of SB. See viewtopic.php?f=26&p=11816#p11816
And I changed the name of this topic from HEX2BIN to HEXtoBIN, it was more or less suggested by rbytes