Open PDF File From Binary Data?
May 3, 2011
I have a VB.NET dll which pulls out binary data from and opens it as a pdf. It works fine if I create a file on the user's machine and then open that. What I want to do, however, is just open it in Adobe without creating the file on their machine first (there's customer data in the file and we don't want copies of it sitting around unecessarily).
It's possible in ASP.NET to just stream the data to a browser and open it in that without creating the file, but I can't find a similar methodology for doing that straight to Adobe. Does anyone know if this is even possible or do I have to create the file in order to have it open?
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Jun 14, 2009
I'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.
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Apr 17, 2011
can someone teach me how to open the file with binary mode in VB.NET?
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Jun 7, 2012
i have a requirement where in i have to update the information of a record with new values.how to open the binary file and update with the new information.The existing binary file contains 5 records with serial nos.now i want to update the information of sno 1.i am using filestream, binary reader ,binarywriter SureshThere is an Island of Opportunity In the Middle of Every Difficulty
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Mar 13, 2012
I need to make an E-Search engine for collage library , i can make it by using streamReader and streamWriter , but unfortunately i have to use Binary to make this project ... i've to many fields to put it on DAT file , and i've to use SPLIT to split lines and make arrays ..
what is the best way to do that ? how can i write an opened binary file on textbox and convert text to array ?
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Feb 23, 2011
I have been googling this and have not come along a working solution for an entire day. I don't know anything about binary data types (as I've never knowingly used them) and I'm trying to write a binary value that I see in the registry, to the registry. Now, all I see is the following [shown below]... and if I try to pass that as a string to the RegSetValueEx in the WinAPI and of course it errors out...
I do not know what 'numbers' I need to pass into the lpData As Any, argument of RegSetValueEx (i tried a bit array) in order for it to come out as the following [shown below] in the regedit. I really have no idea, and my tests to place random numbers in the bit array just produce corresponding random "figures" as visible in regedit that I do not understand how to 'tie' them together logically. here is the culprit!
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Jul 21, 2011
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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Mar 21, 2008
I'm designing a very simple program that will need to save both data and photos to a cd but my code refuses to let me do it. Here is what I have:
FileOpen(1, "E:FileWithData.dat", OpenMode.Binary)
FilePut(1, AString, 10)
I keep getting an incorrect function at FileOpen
I saw some methds which take numerous lines of code but I like to keep my code very simple so I can easily tell what it does.
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Oct 11, 2009
I want to create a pdf file from Binary data. I looked around and found examples using iTextSharp by fetching data from the database.[code]...
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Apr 11, 2012
I need to store/retrieve a bit from a data table of 3.268.760 bits long.
Using w As New BinaryWriter(File.Open("test.bin", FileMode.Create))
for x = 1 to 3268760
For i = 1 To 3268760[code]....
the w.write(?) stores a boolean value meaning 0/1 for false/true values, but Vb.net seems to use an whole byte to store this data which is too expensive for my table (3.268.760^2).Is there a pratical way to store/retrive single bits from a file using vb.net? (meaning as little as possible conversion to other types).
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Feb 9, 2010
I have a binary file. If I look at it with a hex editor, the first values are:208, 207, 17, 224, 161, 177, 26, 225, 0, 0, 0, ... etc.It has a length of 330240 bytes I have tried to open it and read it into a string so I can manipulate it and write it back. No matter what I use, I either don't get the correct number of bytes or the values in the string are incorrect. The most common error results in the first values being: 63, 63, 17, 63, 63, 26, 0, 0, 0 .... etc.It is interesting that it appears that any value > 63 becomes 63.
I get the 2nd values by a simple loop:
For lnx = 0 To 99
Debug.Write(Asc(line.Substring(lnx, 1)))
Next
I have tried a whole number of ways to read in the file, including filestream, My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText, File.io.readAllLines, etc.All either give me a string length of about 324000 (not sure why) or, if they do, don't have the correct values. Yes, I have tried various encoding options.
I need to find a string (sort of like: "D" & Chr(0) + "L" & Chr(0) + "S" & Chr(0)... ) so I can then replace that portion of the string with a new value, then write out the file.I use the ".indexOf" to find the data in the string.Why can't I load the file into a string? Or, do you know of an easy way to find some text (similar to above) in a file and then replace the next x number of bytes with a new value and close the file?
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Sep 5, 2009
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..
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Apr 29, 2010
How would I use the BinaryWriter to append binary data to a file that is very large? Say a file that is 3GB in size. The BinaryWriter's write method will only accept an integer for the index value. I've attached a screen shot of what I'm talking about. If I were to enter a value that exceeds the size of an integer on my 32bit Windows XP system, which I believe is 2147483647 it will reject it right?
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Feb 8, 2011
Tell & interduce a pdf the full explain about file programming in vb.net(such as create , open in binary and .... , explain file stracutre and all)? a full article (most of the ways about file in vb.net)?
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May 22, 2012
I need to open an excel file from vb.net and then search it for specific data. I then need to take those data and insert them into text boxes on a form that i have created. This is all controlled by a button click. I already have some code that will open a file dialog box and let me navigate to the correct file, but I am having trouble with the search portion. I have tried the Find function but I am not sure of the proper syntax. I am using Visual Studio 2008 and Excel 2003.
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Apr 28, 2009
I am trying to use the following stmt in VB and I am getting an error: Open (objFiles(lngLoop)) For Binary Lock Read Write As #hndZip_File On the "Open" word I am getting "Open is not declared. File I/O functionality is available in the Microsoft Visual Basic namespace." On the "For Binary Lock Read Write As #hndZip_File" I am getting "End of statement expected" I originally thought I had to add "Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO" but this did not do anything.
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Mar 6, 2010
When importing data from excel to vb.net desktop application, Im having "file is open" error. Excel file is at the remote pc. Excel file must open and I have to reach anytime. How can I handle this problem?
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Mar 10, 2011
is there a data type which i can use as a Url to open a file in my computor . For example i would like to search for a file name in my data base using different critera. But not just being happy to read the URL in a text box . I'll like to click on the data and open the file.
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Aug 8, 2011
I created a VS2010 application that stores data in xml files with a custom extension (e.g. ".ABC") I would like to be able to open an .ABC file and have the application launch with the specific file's data loaded. This is analogous to opening a Word doc and having Word open with the doc loaded. I have searched for a while but can't even think of a phrase that explains this process. Nothing seems to match "You know . . . that thing that happens when you double click on a data file".
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Apr 18, 2011
I'm a complete novice with VB and any coding in general, but as life will have it, I have to create a program for my Final Year Project at university.In short, the idea is to open a file that has many lines of numerical data, then select the required lines, do some calculations on them and write it into a new file, but the new file must have its own format and the calculations must go into the correct lines.
Im struggling really with how to get it to read the file and then write the new one. Currently I have it so the user can open the file and it will display the data into a text box. I want to then be able to click another button that will convert that data into a new type, and in turn display that in another text box. Then have a save button to save the newly created data. This is what I have so far...(it's not much.I havent really got much of a clue what I am doing lol)
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Jan 11, 2011
i 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.
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Jan 27, 2012
I have problem when i inserted data. the error show String or binary data would be truncated. What is meaning of that??
This my code:
Try
SQLCONNECTIONS.connect()
Dim sqlcmd As New SqlCommand
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May 1, 2009
i have a table in sql server with some fields set as Byte() (System.Byte[]) when i import them in my application to be used with linq they are converted in Binary (System.Data.Linq.Binary)why is that?is there a way to prevent this wrong translaton???if i update the database how can i update the classes that has been craeted in visual studio2008?
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May 15, 2010
I am trying to open an excel file and write to it as data becomes availableI can create an instance of excel and write to the selected worksheet once. But, I can't seem to write back to the existing file. I keep on getting a null reference error when I try to send new data to the file.The function I am using will run once, but when it returns to the main form, I lose the values of xlApp and xlWorksheet. It appears that going in to the function makes the original values null.
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Oct 29, 2009
i have designed file search engine in vb.net i used access data base how can i open files in data grid
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May 4, 2009
I 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?
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Mar 1, 2010
What is the code to open a text file and append data to it, in visual basic express edition?Normally one would write:open "data.txt" for append as #1 but visual basic express does not accept it.
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Mar 13, 2010
how I could check if a certain file is in text or binary format?I'm using VB.Net 2008 Express.
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Feb 2, 2010
Program to convert binary pdf file to tiff file in VB.NET..?? We can use third party tools also..???
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Jul 23, 2009
I've made a Access database of my CD collection I have lots of movies and I copy the picture of the original DVD from www.imdb.com into my database in a OLE field I can see the picture that's connected to the desired record just fine in access but now I'm working with Visual Basic express 2008 and I want to connect this Access database to my project. I can see the data just fine but not de OLE pictures
I changed the properties of that picture into a picturebox in de datasource screen bu I don't see a picture (blank)
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