Reading a file problem

[n4th4nr1ch]

Hi,

Trying to read a file. It's a binary config file. When I use DOS's 'type' command I see characters.

Really what I want to do is something like the command 'strings' in UNIX: show the strings in a binary. However I will settle for just the whole output of the file.

The problem is that due to the binary status of the file (I'm guessing), I can only seem to get the first character of the file.

I've tried several things, for example this:

$test = FileRead('c:\test.file')
msgbox(0,'title', $test)

That just shows me the first character of the file. I've tried messing around with BinarytoString as well.

Help! =]

[n4th4nr1ch]

$in=FileOpen("C:\ifOutput.txt",16)
$out=FileOpen("C:\ifOutput2.txt",2)
$data=FileRead($in)
FileWrite($out,$data)
MsgBox(0,"","binary"&IsBinary($data))
MsgBox(0,"",binarytostring($data))
msgbox(0,"","here")

If I run this code, only one message box ever opens. I think there is a bug in the binarytostring function (?)

[Jos]

How did you arrive to that conclusion?

What are you trying to do exactly?

Jos

[n4th4nr1ch]

I'm trying to get the 'text' from a binary, without all the 'other' characters which seem to screw up autoit.

The way I arrived at that conclusion is that if I try to convert to string, the script just hangs forever and I need to force kill it.

[Jos]

I'm trying to get the 'text' from a binary, without all the 'other' characters which seem to screw up autoit.

The way I arrived at that conclusion is that if I try to convert to string, the script just hangs forever and I need to force kill it.

You are reading the whole file in one time into a binary field and then you convert the whole thing back to a string.

Is that what you want to do or maybe something else?