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[nitya]

I need to read a Binary file and store it as text file in specified path

[berta]

do U known the bynary struct of file?

hi,brt

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[nitya]

I dont know the binary struct of the file but the data of one of the fiel looks somewhat like this which i have to read as text and store it in a notepad

Binary file content


4:30:46reddy, rahsa TESCASE 2.504.0532  pÅ@óŒ  XRHT& Z
¨7Ó!â@ n{ XRHT
¨7Ó!â@ ôŒ ôŒ ÿÿ  (Dummy Values 10/8/94 10:26) XRHT

¨7Ó!â@ õŒ õŒ ´ ÿÿ5 0000301000000-1 Manual Entries XRHT
 ¨7Ó!â@ öŒ öŒ ´ ÿÿ5 0000401000100-1 Dummy Values XRHT ÑHÀ7Ó!â@ SysBP BP ##0 ÿÿÿÿÿÿ

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[berta]

I don't think U can read a bynary file without its structure.

example

'bynary file: abc@A

'and its struct is

type my_struct
s string*3
b1 byte
b2 byte
end type

dim rec as my_struct

open "myfile" for bynary as #1
get #1,,rec
close #1

open "myfile2" for output as #1
print #1,rec.s & cstr(rec.b1) & cstr(rec.b2)
close #1

'text file: "abc6465"

'in fact "@"=64 in ascii code and "A"=65 in ascii code





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