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We almost have binary data processing internal in AHK. The example functions in the Help ExtractInteger and InsertInteger allow manipulating them (although with a hidden dll call). One could think thatwould write binary data, but it stops at the first 0 character. Removing this stop (also at FileRead) and write the whole variable in binary mode would make any further dll call unnecessary. (Or, another parameter could tell the size.)

I see what you mean. There is a plan to have better file commands/functions so that you can have multiple files open at the same time.

Improving FileAppend to write binary data could probably be done via a new asterisk option (for data size) in the last parameter. However, adding such built-in ways to read and write binary files is not the highest priority because DllCall can already do it. Perhaps someone could adapt the example in the following post into a set of includable functions to make it easier: http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtop ... 2389#22389