Re: Insert into a file
Harvey wrote:
I am ready to try adding "edit" to my App. I have done some searching
for ideas and am (a little) surprised not to find quite what I am
looking for.
Is there a way with CFile or some other file class to easily insert
(replace or delete) some data in an open file? What I have read seems
to indicate that I need to copy the file up to the edit point, do the
edit and change pointers and length as necessary and then copy the
rest of the file. This can be done by copying into a new file (and
rename, etc.) or read the whole file into memory and do it in the
buffer (either in-place or to a new buffer), etc.
It seems surprising to me that this is not already canned into an API
call or a MFC library ...
Disks can't physically insert data, so it must be done using the awkward
and time consuming copying steps you describe. So that's probably why
it is not already provided in an API: Most people would design their
application to avoid needing to do this.
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