Binary field editing
Function Description
The property sheet supports editing of binary type fields, and files of various formats can be stored in the property sheet fields in binary type.
Operating instructions
- Open the Vector Dataset property sheet, or Tabular Dataset, in Workspace Manager. Right click the Dataset (Vector Dataset or Tabular Dataset) to Open attribute table, and select Browse Attribute Table in the pop-up Context Menu.
- Double-click a cell in the binary field list, select File in the pop-up Open dialog box, and click the Open button in the dialog box to store the file in binary form.
- When BinaryData is displayed for a binary cell, it indicates that the cell has a value; a cell with no value is blank.
Caution:
- Binary type cells do not display specific binary values, and cells with values are uniformly displayed as BinaryData. The length of a
- binary field is displayed as 0, indicating that the Field length is variable, depending on the file in which the field is stored.
- If the file being added to a binary field cell is open, or is a non-Local File, the file cannot be successfully added to the cell.
Related topics
The property sheet is Copy and Paste.