PX_NEW_BLOB(3)

💖 PX_NEW_BLOB(3) — the blob-making one 💖

okay so this is a page from the Library Functions Manual, bestie. Sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're talking about PX_new_blob.

✨ NAME ✨

PX_new_blob — spin up a brand new instance of a Paradox blob file (deprecated tho, we'll get to that 😭)

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <paradox.h>

pxblob_t* PX_new_blob(pxdoc_t *pxdoc)

like. that's the whole vibe. one function, one argument. slay 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So what it does: it creates a new instance of a Paradox blob file, and that blob file is associated with the database file you passed in. Cute, right?

And listen — this function must be called before accessing any blob file. Not "should", not "ideally", MUST. it's giving prerequisite, it's giving "do this first or perish" 👑

🚨 okay bestie this is the important part: this function is deprecated. like, it's still here, it still works, but it's not the moment anymore. Instead you wanna use PX_set_blob_file() and PX_get_data_blob(), or PX_get_data_graphic instead. periodt. 💅

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

• On success → a pointer to an internal representation of a Paradox blob file 🫶
• On failure → NULL 💀

that's it. that's the tea.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• PX_open_blob_file(3)
• PX_open_blob_fp(3)

go read those too, they're lowkey iconic 🌈

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann uwe@steinmann.cx. thank you for your service, king 👑

and that's the whole page, bestie!! it lives in section 3 of the Library Functions Manual, and the footer is literally just the name again — PX_NEW_BLOB(3) — because the page is that self-obsessed. main character energy fr fr. mwah, go forth and not use the deprecated function 💖✨🦋