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Home MathPack Matrix Class TMat4D Methods ReadBinaryHeader
See also: LoadBinary, ReadBinary, ReadLayer, Read4DLayer 

ReadBinaryHeader


Unit: SDL_matrix
Class: TMat4D
Declaration: function ReadBinaryHeader (FName: string; var NrColumns, NrRows, NrLayers, NrTimeSlots: integer; var DataID: string; var Format: integer): boolean;

The function ReadBinaryHeader reads the header of the binary data file FName and returns the dimension of the hypercube matrix in the variable parameters NrColumns, NrRows, NrLayers, and NrTimeSlots. The variable parameter DataID returns the ID string of the matrix. The numeric format of the data file is returned in the variable parameter Format:
1 = double
2 = integer
3 = single
4 = int64

The function value returns TRUE if the data in the binary file represent a valid TMat4D structure.

Hint: The file must not be open when calling ReadBinaryHeader.


Last Update: 2023-Feb-06