MKSMBF$ and MKDMBF$ convert IEEE-format numbers to Microsoft-Binary-format
numeric strings that can be stored in FIELD statement string variables.
CVSMBF and CVDMBF convert those strings back to IEEE-format numbers.
 
MKSMBF$(single-precision-expression!)
MKDMBF$(double-precision-expression#)
CVSMBF (4-byte-numeric-string)
CVDMBF (8-byte-numeric-string)
 
    Function    Returns
    --------    ------------------------------------------------------------
    MKSMBF$     A 4-byte string containing a Microsoft-Binary-format number
    MKDMBF$     An 8-byte string containing a Microsoft-Binary-format number
    CVSMBF      A single-precision number in IEEE format
    CVDMBF      A double-precision number in IEEE format
 
    - These functions are useful for maintaining data files created with
      older versions of Basic.
 
Example:
    TYPE Buffer
        SngNum AS STRING * 4
        DblNum AS STRING * 8
    END TYPE
    DIM RecBuffer AS Buffer
    OPEN "TESTDAT.DAT" FOR RANDOM AS #1 LEN = 12
    SNum = 98.9
    DNum = 645.3235622#
    RecBuffer.SngNum = MKSMBF$(SNum)
    RecBuffer.DblNum = MKDMBF$(DNum)
    PUT #1, 1, RecBuffer
    GET #1, 1, RecBuffer
    CLOSE #1
    PRINT CVSMBF(RecBuffer.SngNum), CVDMBF(RecBuffer.DblNum)
 
See Also    <FIELD>    <MKN$, CVN>