I'm doing the way you suggested, since the beginning.
(length of string in one byte)<string>
For the extra version info: just use MGIF1, MGIF2, MGIF3, etc.
I've tried using 4 bytes instead of three, but converting from hex to decimal returns -1, so I didn't bother making it like that.
About a required chunk: forget it, it wouldn't be "global" anymore, since this is for ALL kinds of documents: images, text documents, configuration, settings, etc.
+ you can add it if you want your program to support it.
version and checksum is not necessary, that can be done in the comments. They're not long after all.
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Originally posted by Choli
I agree with cookie on his format, however i'd improve what is in the quote: Name and comments are human-readable strings, I mean: they have no weird symbols, only characters; so you can use null-terminated strings: The size required would be the same (because you add a null character at the end, but you no longer need the byte identifying the lenght) and this way you can have strings of any size. You may want to have a 500-byte comments on the chunk. In any case, the recommendation of making the name and comments as short as possible still applies.
no, sorry. it's a DLL, the developer can do what he wants with that, it's a choice to make.
I like your ideas, but you're just customizing it, it should be and remain global =/
