How to Read a binary (.bin) file in VB

[vbakan]

I want to read a binary file in VB and out put as text. COuld any one tell me hoe to do that please

 

[Bong]

I did put up a FAQ on the topic but here are some of the basics:

fname = Application.GetOpenFilename()
Open fname For Binary As #1

say, to get the ball rolling.

Now I have certain record length issues; perhaps you do to:

        For j = 1 To reclen
            a1 = AscB(Input(1, #1))
            h1 = Hex(a1)
            If Len(h1) < 2 Then
                h1 = "0" & h1
            End If
            hnum = hnum & h1
            hst = hst & Chr(a1)
        Next

Now, hst is a hex string that has twice the number of characters as bytes you read.

What to do next depends on what you mean by

out put as text

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Bob Rashkin