topic Re: Viewing Blob Data in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/viewing-blob-data/m-p/746308#M19837 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Yes, that's what I'm suggesting. What do you want to do with the contents of the blob?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Ok, thanks for the quick response! That's fine. I just need to be able to view the contents, so it seemed like a long way around a short stick. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It's a 1 to N relationship between feature and Blob entries. Therefore, click on feature, run macro, view many blobs of text stored in a standalone table in the same map as the feature class. So I'll have to append the blob entries to the file each time. Ugly. I may do it once, so I don't have to constantly open/write/read files.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:51:30 GMT PaigeBaldassaro 2010-08-19T18:51:30Z Viewing Blob Data https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/viewing-blob-data/m-p/746304#M19833 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have a Blob field containing text. I can retrieve the data via IMemoryBlobStream2, but do not know how to view the content. Anyone out there know how to view Blob text content?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:18:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/viewing-blob-data/m-p/746304#M19833 PaigeBaldassaro 2010-08-19T16:18:53Z Re: Viewing Blob Data https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/viewing-blob-data/m-p/746305#M19834 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>IMemoryBlobStream::SaveToFile is the easiest way.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:30:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/viewing-blob-data/m-p/746305#M19834 LanceShipman 2010-08-19T16:30:48Z Re: Viewing Blob Data https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/viewing-blob-data/m-p/746306#M19835 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">IMemoryBlobStream::SaveToFile is the easiest way.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>So I have to save to file, then open the file and read it? Is that what you are suggesting? </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I can do that. Just seems wasteful, so I wanted to clarify.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:52:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/viewing-blob-data/m-p/746306#M19835 PaigeBaldassaro 2010-08-19T17:52:52Z Re: Viewing Blob Data https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/viewing-blob-data/m-p/746307#M19836 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Yes, that's what I'm suggesting. What do you want to do with the contents of the blob?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:59:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/viewing-blob-data/m-p/746307#M19836 LanceShipman 2010-08-19T17:59:05Z Re: Viewing Blob Data https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/viewing-blob-data/m-p/746308#M19837 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Yes, that's what I'm suggesting. What do you want to do with the contents of the blob?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Ok, thanks for the quick response! That's fine. I just need to be able to view the contents, so it seemed like a long way around a short stick. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It's a 1 to N relationship between feature and Blob entries. Therefore, click on feature, run macro, view many blobs of text stored in a standalone table in the same map as the feature class. So I'll have to append the blob entries to the file each time. Ugly. I may do it once, so I don't have to constantly open/write/read files.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:51:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/viewing-blob-data/m-p/746308#M19837 PaigeBaldassaro 2010-08-19T18:51:30Z