The "surface_read" Function

Syntax

surface_read(surf);

Argument	Type	Description
str	string	A previously-written surface string to convert into a surface

Description

Returns a surface from a base64-encoded string previously generated by surface_write. Invalid strings will return undefined. Especially useful for save files and networking.

Example

ini_open(working_directory + "save.dat");

var my_surf = ini_read_string("data", "screenshot", undefined);

ini_close();

if (!is_undefined(my_surf)) {

draw_surface(my_surf, x, y);

}