Write To Specific Pos In Binary File In VB 2008?
Oct 26, 2010
I'm amazed at this situation. In QBasic, you could just easily GET and PUT whatever you wanted at the exact position in the file that you wanted. Now in Visual Basic 2008 I'm just completely stumped.
I can't use FilePut or FilePutObject because of a twisted issue. It adds a couple of bytes to describe the length of the data being written: what's the point of BINARY read/write if it won't allow you to write EXACTLY what you want and nothing less or more? There's a way to turn off this issue, and that's by setting the parameter StringisFixedLength to TRUE, but that's where the twisted part comes in. You can't do that. As far as I can tell you have to redefine the function using SUB, for example:
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My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllBytes. To my amazed surprise, this function doesn't even bother to include the possibility that I might want to put the data in a specific position within the file! I can't believe this. You can either specify to APPEND at the end or not, in the latter case apparently resulting in a write to the beginning of the file. No option at all to specify where in the file you want to put the data. I can't believe this.
How do you write to a SPECIFIC position in a binary file in VB 2008, and do it without the program deciding to add a few "informative" bytes to your data before it's written (totally undermining the whole point of binary files)?
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May 5, 2010
I am not exactly sure how to say this, but what I want to do is to write a series of strings converted to their hex notation to a binary file. Here is what I have[code]....
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Sep 20, 2009
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)
[Code]....
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Jan 29, 2009
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)
[CODE]...
I have this to write the color back from a color dialog
Code:If dlgColor.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
PictureBox1.BackColor = dlgColor.Color()
[CODE]...
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Dec 2, 2011
I want to write a string into a binary file.The length of the string is 22 position 1036
Write name in that chain, the length of the name varies but is always between a length of 22.
As I can fill the remaining length of the string with blank spaces?
The empty spaces in hex is "00"
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Jul 26, 2009
I need to write an hexadecimal value to a text file but as a binary, how do i do that
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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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Mar 4, 2011
I have some .doc binary files stored in my database and i would like to now search them all (without converting them to .doc) to see which one contains the word "hello" for instance.
Is there any way to do this search in the binary file?
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Sep 12, 2010
Is it possible to write a binary file directly to the clipboard in .NET? (Rather than write it to a file and then copy it?) the file is not an executable but will be pasted to the desktopfolder for example. [Code]
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Dec 5, 2011
Write binary file in sequence with Listview.I'm loading data from a *. bin file in a listview to modify.Now I want to write listview data in the file.The start offset is 1036.The sequence of each data block is 228 bytes.The number of times to repeat the sequence is 8011.There is more information ... but I put these 3 sample.In the first data block to these lengths are Name Offset 1036 +50 (name space long is 22 bytes)Age Offset 1036 +60
Nationality Offset 1036 + 62
I suppose that before writing the data in the file would have to convert the data item and subitems in hex or byte.
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Oct 8, 2009
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?
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Aug 2, 2011
I'm trying to write a text strings into a binary file and then call it back from another sub.[code]...
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May 22, 2011
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?
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Sep 7, 2010
I got a problem when i try to get binary file from database and put it in hard drive
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Jan 4, 2012
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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Jul 26, 2009
I have two part in text file. Let say Part 1 and part 2. I want to write part2 in different file and part 1 in different file.
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Jul 24, 2011
I wonder if it is possible to find a specific row and specific columns in data base file (Access) . You see , I am using a DataGridView control to show only SOME of the columns (fields) of a table from an Access file . For example , lets say that in the DataGridView control I only show the following fields :Field1 , Field2 and Field3 .Now , when the user selects an entry in the DataGridView control , I want to insert the text from Field4 into a text box on the form .
The problem , however , is that I don't know how to get the specific row in the data base file and also I don't know how to get the text in column (field) Field4 of that row .One thing that might be important is that the index of the row in the data base file is not necessarily the same with the index of the current row in the DataGridView control . This is because in the DataGridView control the rows are order by the contents in the ID Field .ol .
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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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May 1, 2011
I have seen writing to binary, but the question is how do I change from where it starts at in the file, supposively I want to start at byte 3 instead of the end or begining. Also is it 0 based? where zero is the first position, and how do I over write the data at the part I am at in position 3?[code]....
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Feb 11, 2010
I am trying to write a small application that simply monitors my web site watching for specific hyperlink text to appear. I have been searching around and trying different approaches for a few days and have to accept defeat on this.Basically I need to be able to type in part of a hyperlink or the actual text of the hyperlink into a textbox to be watched for. When it is seen it opens the link in a new window.
Dim theElementCollection As HtmlElementCollection
theElementCollection = WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementsByTagName("a")
For Each curElement As HtmlElement In theElementCollection
[code]....
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Jun 19, 2011
I've never worked with Binary values, so I can't get this to work. I don't know how to write it, but when I open the registry, I want the Data to look exactly like this [code]...
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Jun 13, 2010
I'm trying to write a value of to a REG_Binary key. the only viable solution i see online is the following: Dim a() As Byte = New Byte() However the value of a0 is causing a problem. It won't seem to let this value be used. so how do i get this to work.
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Dec 1, 2010
Here is my code for reading a Binary file:
Dim fs As New FileStream(filepath, FileMode.Open)
Dim str As String = ""
For d As Integer = 0 To l - 1
Dim byt As String = Hex(fs.ReadByte()).ToUpper
fs.Position = d
str+= byt
Next
str becomes:
20202CB962AC5975B964B7152D234B
But when I open the file in a HEX editor, it's:
202CB962AC59075B964B07152D234B70
Why are the 2 different?
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Feb 9, 2010
How can i convert hex data to binary data and write it to registry anyone ?
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Jan 30, 2012
I have this code which works well:
Public Function LoadBinaryFile(strFilename As String) As Byte()
Using fsSource As FileStream = New FileStream(strFilename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
' Read the source file into a byte array.
[code].....
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Mar 10, 2011
Is it Possible for me to read text from textbox control and write it to .txt file at specific location.
for an instance.... say below with quote is my Text in .txt file:
"THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMP OVER THE LAZY DOG"
and with programming code I want to change some text in the same sentance become....(see below)
"THE QUICK GREY FOX JUMP OVER THE LAZY CAT"
so you can see the word BROWN change to GREY and word DOG change to CAT
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Jun 3, 2011
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?
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Feb 24, 2012
Here is my code:
Public Function ReadBinaryFileLarge(strFilename As String) As Byte()
Dim position As Integer = 0
Dim bufferSize As Integer = 4096
[Code].....
Is this the correct way to go about this problem? If not, how should I attack it?
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Feb 27, 2012
Reading a .txt file in VB.net. My file path is C:UsersMyLilMulePepeDocumentsVisual Studio 2008Projectscurtain_calls.txt.
This is my line of Dim LoanOptionsFile As String = "C:UsersMyLilMulePepeDocumentsVisual Studio 2008Projectscurtain_calls.txt"
I can read the file when I run the program, but how do I write the file path so that someone else can download my program and file and read the file on their system?
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Oct 30, 2009
i want to read/write to some files.Specifically my application searches text files but i also want it to search binary files. The problem is : how will i know when the file is binary and not text ? Also how will i get the hexademical contents of a binary file ?[URL]
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