On rare ocassions, there is a need to merge documents that are larger than 32k, which makes text variables inadequate for this use. The following method uses BLOBs to accomplish a document merge, without using text variables at all:

` $file1 - path to source file
` $file2 - path to file that will be appended with source file

C_BLOB ($blob1, $blob2)
C_TEXT ($file1; $file2)
C_LONGINT($blobSize1;$blobSize2)

DOCUMENT TO BLOB($file1;$blob1)
DOCUMENT TO BLOB($file2;$blob2) 

  ` Get BLOB sizes
$blobSize1:=BLOB size($blob1)
$blobSize2:=BLOB size($blob2)

  ` Resize destination blob and append it
SET BLOB SIZE($blob2;($blobSize1+$blobSize2))
COPY BLOB($blob1;$blob2;0;($blobSize2-1);$blobSize1)

` Write file
BLOB TO DOCUMENT ($file2; $blob2)