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Hi,

I need to convert a block of code ({||}) to a string. How can I do this?

If the purpose is to save the string and restore later for execution:

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  b := { || MsgInfo( "Good" ) }
   Eval( b )
   c := HB_Serialize( b )
   ? ValType( c ), Len( c ), STRTOHEX( c )

   // save the string as hex and restore

   b := HB_DeSerialize( c )
   ? Eval( b )
 

But, this works with xHarbour but not with Harbour.
With Harbour, no errors but HB_Serialize() returns a NULL string.

https://vivaclipper.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/code-blocks/

http://www.pctoledo.com.br/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11979

Regards.

Thanks !

ValToPrg() and ValToPrgExp() are not useful for Objects and Codeblocks.

Dear Rao,
Just out of curiosity, I haven't really delved into the question yet. But would JSON encode and decode also be an option?
Best regards,
Otto

Otto wrote:Dear Rao,
Just out of curiosity, I haven't really delved into the question yet. But would JSON encode and decode also be an option?
Best regards,
Otto

Even to encode into Json, we first need to convert the codeblock into a "text" string.
How?
The only function available is HB_Serialize( bBlock ) --> cBinaryString and then convert into text using STRTOHEX(), before we encode it as Json or directly save into a field.
Unfortunately, this function is working in xHarbour only and not in Harbour.
Even there the limitation is that the codeblock should not have any references to local/static variables and static functions.

I used cMimeEnc() instead of strtohex()