Re: output hex bytes to binary file

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:48:18 -0500
Message-ID:
<#XUtL#kVIHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
"Ron" <ron1957@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:478abd2c$0$4437$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au

I am trying to write hex bytes to a binary file.
I have no problem doing this if I use hard coded values like this;

#include <fstream.h>
ofstream OutputFileStream ;
OutputFileStream.open("binaryfile.bin", ios::binary) ;
OutputFileStream << '\xF6' ;
OutputFileStream.close() ;

But what I really want to do is the same thing using variables.
And this is where I can't get it to work.
If I use this;
#include <fstream.h>
int intF7 = 0xF7 ;
ofstream OutputFileStream ;
OutputFileStream.open("binaryfile.bin", ios::binary) ;
OutputFileStream << hex << intF7 ;


Make it

OutputFileStream << (char)intF7;

Better still, use ostream::write method for unformatted output.
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