VB6: Slow Binary Write?
- by Tom the Junglist
Wondering why a particular binary write operation in VB is so slow. The function reads a Byte array from memory and dumps it into a file like this:
Open Destination For Binary Access Write As #1
Dim startP, endP As Long
startP = BinaryStart
endP = UBound(ReadBuf) - 1
Dim i as Integer
For i = startP To endP
DoEvents
Put #1, (i - BinaryStart) + 1, ReadBuf(i)
Next
Close #1
For two megabytes on a slower system, this can take up to a minute. Can anyone tell me why this is so slow?
