by Luis Cantero (14 Submissions)
Category: Files/File Controls/Input/Output
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Beginner
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(10 Votes)
This example compares four file loading methods, (the normal VB Open method, the ReadFile API, and other methods involving MemCopy API), you will also see the difference between returning a String or a Byte Array. I did this example because I keep seeing people using the normal VB Open command to load files, even for Hex editors, as you will see there's a huge difference between using it and using an API. The test in the screen shot was made with a 1GHZ P3 Notebook with 384MB RAM (as a compiled .EXE), please note that times may vary from test to test depending on what your computer's doing, etc. Comments and/or improvements as well as votes are welcome.
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