I am using BinaryReader class to read binary file.But I am facing problem while reading number of bytes from it.I have written code to read only 2 bytes from it,it works well on my machine and read only 2 bytes,but when I deployed that code on server machine it read 4 bytes from file.Whats wrong in the code?Is it due to processor i.e.. 32 bit processor/64 bit processor.
View 2 RepliesI want to read 15 bytes of data starting at byte 40 and ending at byte 55. I then want the value of the 15 bytes of data to print to textbox5. I know this should be a simple task but I'm having a lot of trouble figuring this out.
View 10 RepliesWhy does this programmer use a binary reader to read bytes, why not the client.getstream.read or streamreader?
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I need to parse a binary stream in .NET to convert a 16 byte unsigned integer. I would like to use the BinaryReader.ReadUIntXX() functions but there isn't a BinaryReader.ReadUInt128() function available. I assume I will have to roll my own function using the ReadByte function and build an array but I don't know if this is the most efficient method?
View 3 Repliesi need to read binary file and in this file found the string and replace it with other one and save the file afterwords. I found many example to read binary, but to find and replace is for me mistery.
View 3 RepliesI need to write data to a file, preferably in binary format, but I am unaccustomed with the concept. Where's the easiest place to get the basics? I could come here with a specific need, but I'm at the point right now where I am more willing to work within the confines of keeping it simple.
Here's what I know:
1. how to open a new file
2. how to specify the record length
3. how to close the file
Some specific questions:
Does the record length have to be constant throughout the file?
Can I read the nth record without reading the whole file?
I have existent binary files with this structure[code]...
View 13 RepliesI need make an application that gets binary code from a file, such as a .exe, (in 8-bit form) and display the charectors in a RichTextBox .BUT! The catch is I need it to do the process REALLY fast, like in a 5th 0.5 of a second. I have a method but it takes way to like, sometimes 5 seconds for 1 file, which isn't what I want This is the code I have:[CODE]......
View 9 RepliesI've gone through about 16 hours and two packs of cigarettes trying to figure this out. First a little background. I was using 6.0 up until 2004 when I went to prison. I'm out now, and trying to relearn the trade, using VS 2005. I'm currently porting some 6.0 code from another project, SpyCast Webcam Studio, into VB 8.0. It's disheartening, to say the least. None of the old built-in subs/functions work anymore, so I have to scour the forums to relearn each and every function.The section I'm doing now takes a snapshot from the webcam (Video API --> PictureBox --> Save as Jpeg), then upens the file to upload it to the server via HTTP POST. I've been using this code in SpyCast for years with no trouble, but I spent many hours trying to piece together the right code to open the binary file to read its contents. I pieced together two methods I found around the forums, one using FileStream() though the code I found wasn't for binary files, even though it said it was, so that code doesn't really work. Method two uses Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileOpen() and works better.
Here's the kicker. By the time I run through the rest of the rigamarole of uploading the file, by the time I read it on the webserver, it's *slightly* corrupted. It's a valid Jpeg, no errors, but the picture looks like when I use to watch the Playboy Channel when I was a kid scrambled with weird colors and whatnot. [code] Each "chunk" is basically one "line" of the file. It looks like a single LineInput() return is the text between two carriage returns. Am I correct? I tested this with a flat text file, and it looks true. However, That one input line returns the text or data with the carriage returns *stripped*! ***?!? =( Fine, I have no problem adding my own vbCrLf to each LineInput(), if I were opening text. but this's binary. A character could be Chr(10) or Chr(13), both of which are removed from the original file contents.So I could very well need to use something other than LineInput(), but I haven't found any other examples on the web using this method.
reading a 16bit binary file (tiff image). Since the file is in 16bit, pixels of the file stores values ranging from 1200 to 4500. I want to retrieve those values. I used ReadUInt16 since the file has a 2byte data type but keep getting EnfofStreamException Unhandled error.
Dim f1 As New System.IO.FileInfo(TextBox2.Text)
fLen1 = f1.Length
Dim snglRead As Single
Dim i As Integer
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To read a record in a binary file in VB^ I would define a type with all the fields specifying strings as STRING * whatever the length of the field was.
For example:
Type Record
Field1 as string *15
Field2 to as string * 20
Field3 as String * 10
field4 as byte(10)
End Type
Dim filerecord as record
I would the open my binary fiel and do a Get#1,, filerecord
The record would be read and all the fielsd would be in place.
Now with the new Structure we cant dimension an array in the Structure And wjhen declaring strings we can't specify the length.
I tried to create structire and use a stream binary reader. and just read afixed number of bytes into the type, The program says it canvert bytes to my fiels.
So how do I do this. Or has Microsoft in their infinite wisdom left no way to do this.
How do I read a raw byte array from any file...
Dim bytes() as Byte
..and then write that byte array back into a new file?
I need it as a byte array to do some processing in between.
I'm currently using:
To read
Dim fInfo As New FileInfo(dataPath)
Dim numBytes As Long = fInfo.Length
Dim fsAs New FileStream(dataPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
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I'm a beginner programmer, but this may not be a beginner program question. I would like to write a program in small basic or visual basic that reads data from a binary file. The data are formatted in hex and look like this:
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Im trying to read and write to a file in binary.to give an example of what im trying to do i have posted a picture below.the string is 12 bytes long and each four bytes has a float.the one in red is set at 1 and green and blue are 0 giving the read as the overall color. i have been trying to get this well i tried once and gave up but its been awhile.i have this so far but it doesnt work. this is kinda what i got to read the bytes out but its messed for i have been trying everything i could think of
Code:
Dim s1 As FileStream Dim br As BinaryReader s1 = New FileStream(Application.StartupPath & "/files/test1.bin", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read) br = New BinaryReader(s1) Dim bytes(12)
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I have this to write the color back from a color dialog
Code:If dlgColor.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
PictureBox1.BackColor = dlgColor.Color()
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Some binary files have application variables at the end if you open it with a text editor you can see these variables. Now when I read these files into the processor memory the program does not work properly, however if I read a file without this it works fine. So how can I read a byte[] array to EOF so that when I pass that byte array into win32 api create-process it will create the process without corrupting the program?
View 3 RepliesI want to save some data to a binary file, and read it later, as in several strings of data.
My objective:
To save the following things...
1. 3 different strings of data, and be able to easily read them later.
I have an image that has dimension of (100,100). I am using FileStream class. When I run the code I get EndOfStreamException error at line 44. I have pasted the for loop section of the code below.
For x = 0 To 99
For y = 0 To 99
byteRead1(x, y) = br1.ReadByte ' line 44 (exception thrown here)
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I want to read a string into a binary file. This string is repeated every certain length ... example:
Start Offset: 694
End Offset: 2248591
Long of string: 25
Sequence Length: 110
I want to read the file and add the strings in a listbox.
I used to read a binary file by formatting a record type and then using the Get command to get the data. What is the equivalent in VB.net?
Code:
'In Module.bas
Public Type recordtype
dist As Single
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How could i read a string into a binary file Encoding.UTF8.(the string has a length of 25 bytes)
Using fs As New FileStream (OpenFileDialog1.FileName, FileMode.Open)
fs.Position = 2096
Using br As New BinaryReader (fs)
For x As Int16 = 2 To 25
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I'm having problem reading Binary file that has two types of data in it; Strings and numeric data in decimal format.[code]...
1. The loop doesn't stop, and it gives me "Unable to read beyond the end of the stream" Error..
2. The output isn't accurate, apart from a few random correct strings and numbers..
3. After the loop is fixed, how can i save the data to an Array or write it to a text file?. Can the be saved line by line so that the output file has the same number of lines?
4. As you can see in the code, I've tried writing data in a file, but it doesn't work.. Messagebox does show some data (even though it's not accurate), the file however doesn't contain any data..
I ran across my first unicode data, and I am not sure what to do with it. I read the unicode text from a binary file using the ReadBytes method, because ReadChars threw an exception when it tried it. Well, long story short, I have found a way to work with the data, I can convert it using a small Function I wrote, which goes something like this: [Code] And this works wonderfully. It just throws away anything not in the ASCII range, including the BOM at the start of the unicode data.
But I would guess that this method is not very universal and probably not the best way. Are there any VB functions available to do this sort of thing? I was able to find something called Text.Encoding, but there didn't seem to be a reverse of that not that I found anyhow. Any ideas?
I'm trying to read the binary data from a binary file with the code below but the it's return the value in the byte array. How can i read the binary data from the binary file and then convert the data into string?This is how i create the binary file.
Dim fs As New FileStream(Application.StartupPath & "Agency.dat", FileMode.OpenOrCreate)
Dim bf As New BinaryFormatter()
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I am using BinaryWriter class to write a binary file to disk. When I invoke the Write method, passing an unsigned short value, it writes it in little-endian format. For example:
bw.Write(0xA000);
writes the value in the binary file as 0x00 0xA0. Is there a way to make BInaryWriter use Big Endian? If not, is it possible to create a new class, inheriting BinaryWriter and overload the Write function to make it write big endian?
I am trying to write a simple application that monitors the COM port and writes the incoming binary data to a file. So, I gathered a File class is provided, but looking at its methods list in the Help page, I see no method for writing individual bytes (and the Write methods seem to close the file after writing).
How can I write a byte array into a file, keep it open and repeat this as necessary?
I have a windows form which to summarize lets the user open a file containing 32 bit hashes, then search for one of them. The hash is then converted to its string representation. The application is giving the results I would expect but I'd like to make it execute faster than it does now; some files can be pretty big > 100 MB.
I'm doing the file read using a BackgroundWorker object to display progress updates and ensure that the UI is available during the process. But for that i need to add a System.Threading.Sleep(1) instruction in the loop; otherwise the application freezes with big files. And System.Threading.Sleep(1) creates a noticeable lag. Any suggestions on how to make searches fast without freezing the UI? Getting speeds comparable to hex editor programs for example.
I am creating a class that searches a binary file for a specific customer number. I am using a binary search that keeps on slicing the file in half until I find the customer number while is sorted. Once it finds it I am positioning it at the first instance of that Customer number as there can be multiple records with the same Cus Number.
Now here is my question. I now need to loop through this Customers records and do some data base searches. Since I want to make my class as generic as possible what should I pass back to the calling class? An Array with all their records. If I do this I have to loop twice, once in the class and once when it passes the array bac to the original calling class?
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I have tried to create a method for writing information from an instance of a class to a binary file. The code works fine, the only problem is finding the end of the file. After it has read the last value that should be read, the basestream.Length is still higher than basestream.Position (by a random number)In my case I have created a class with two fields (name and birthday), one that is string and a date field. With my code, this should write 5 lines to the file (classname + nameofNameField + StringValue + nameOfBirthdayField + DateValue) When reading there's still more information in the file, when I have read the DateValue. Why? How do I find if it has read the end of the file?
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.IO
Public Module BugHunter
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This code generates a bare basic file reader that reads a file and displays its contents in hex format The bytes of the file are displayed 32 bytes at a time in hex and string format.I've found it quite useful
View 1 RepliesPrivate Function GetImageSize(ByVal FileName As String) As Size
Dim ImageSize As Size
Using BR As New BinaryReader(New FileStream(FileName, FileMode.Open))
Do
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I want to display photos of people when the mouse passes over their name. I wanted to be able to size the picture box to be proportional to the various photographs and let the Stretch property handle the rest.I used the code above offered by John Wein to a question from 2009 to read the dimension of the picture It worked fine until I pass over the same person twice. Then I get an error that the file is in use by another process.I tried adding:
"BR.Close"
With and without
"BR.Dispose"
But the file is still locked-out on the second pass. I tried setting "PictureBox.Image = Nothing" when the mouse leaves the square, still the file is seen as in use and locked.