file_bin_read_byte

This function will return a byte of data from current position within the file with the given file ID. You supply the file ID value, as returned by the function file_bin_open().

NOTE: These functions do not work when the target module is HTML5.

Syntax:

file_bin_read_byte(binfile);

Returns:

Real

Example:

file = file_bin_open("myfile.bin", 2);
data = file_bin_read_byte(file);
file_bin_close(file);

This would open a file from the same directory as the game, and get a byte of data from it before closing it again.