BinaryToString() with really long strings

[tomaskir]

Hey guys.

Here is a reproducer of my problem:

$string = "0x4E04093EAD992336A8CFA76C7818E725F1C8736D396FA4D83DEA7217DA0DAC0F6C20532F2340C20B4F1960FEAF2E489C1080E7CF5BE1E97A2A6EA7F109A1E2848EC02512D9B1EF1FB9093930A4477B6281735B5F00481AB217695B6E24A7DDA22803B85"& _
"717A20A45ACB55ECAE458F01795F4F112F6583EB7F3E30F788F1C3E995532CA04CEDF0F792DA69E78A58BA47F7594645B1AA1E6F7624FF3EFE623D3EEBD4C3B4DD78E00EDD988AFF219D9EA04529B7652CB308736C6062B7033FA6119001B5D34391468FBF82E9B8AD658190EB12" & _
"2B5E9C89CE91BC6A3CB75B90DC5FB6061356BD93FB468F4FC55BFAF7541521A599614F7B2F8A39AC159BF88C8BDABEEF485A533D5B6C37611582153C63B4E61CDBE9A7120FEF8A8C26864DFA1C9582F4884804912E62D7E73D80AF8014FF0F31BC2BD293731C13513574793F0D390" & _
"EB5696BFFF27E746970F134917C98DE692362059F22F1A02A678011885BFDD6A91425116AF7AC64BB2E1B09384FDD16BC5ADD025143BDEAF4B6A535F00E72004C5CA3BD6058431AF92813911687A4B3498B746BC3418D53C2DCBD0B8D088289345C1188E6D351CDA35CA15BB0DDF5ECCC" & _
"A27C5F5BB331CA8A721E982C0D6D2758AC053AE5958A76D43EB55A08324F28D3C038111B1FFA3FF5E8C9E28BDF9E9532645EC72631C3424B6804022858864838C02C99EE233D9F6F8687E92F16E67D2B9C62AC4A0A6E01A20E0684DF2624A22043B94AE323BFABECB85DF177A24190DF4EA8" & _
"CEB1C8FE7771BDD769699340FB0C94F11FE082CFD9942A8DFAFDD4489411699E9F4F7BEEBC4F41CBF1AE3581E3A9B236682F4CEDBDDE74EEBB011F3C28129BAD24FC63D18DD021E1688788D6B6E8F41DCDB99B8281674D92AEF28AE9B02FCE186406EF69236B8E2A2BA5350C6C820FF3C7A5FBB21" & _
"BE1DFD6FD3D6971AD495D4E7D122843A723A7129BB5C866E89B9D37963FF7CEA292CDAB862B39C5DB2A0E2D11E4A77C5CC88FC52B58FDC3551363E437F97F206AF029EEA4E50A3AA433606B1CFA3B394B993806DF46833EBEEBAB73E2D999DA495B27AC2849187CE80181381C90BA18A7C847C4" & _
"AA4789F105D3EC42D859FC2F34B1CF6B5EF3C33CBAC0BBA950645830FF5D363E33E3F8329EB360519F4AE63CE55F172DAE330371723DDDAFC94281E4856127DF773F62A24CAD151D4FFCB17B15E0CBD837A8C04A47A1AB47C42AC2A654D1B5379E6F47B168FB43BA226C0BEEEBBED18EEA45A133E" & _
"26B43E9EAAFCF1F1895C4F1A529E317C33CD031DAF6DD4F20457D05272C21944A3D57B8CDF876F9980A53AF7751641FEB601A849E16BF3831D78F455EDBC74D19488C88100C6EA0A3E27D5E95A8500AAC8D3CA1FAE5E7321AE15C0ECA48693CCFADEBE76A997204515AD8839351B1E0C89909FB0D8A5" & _
"FA8867A772CE4C1C9DDE321B0BE418BCDE98711E5FE693B271300BDA2BBE1B0FABED48BFB7319FFAFE38741962D52E5D8DAAFFCDF6729B578BFDCBFA56708BB9116115B9CC93C61BC0C215216664CED177E4F774E9206714B0987646124506BAD5B1AA822A3733A8CC8619D896382AA7E710CA943F370F" & _
"3F3B45265E100A72037B54604911EFABDB91C4FBA3D8B07BC1EF84DBAECA134DCFBA0E56402D98822AFDFA393E4CE2FBEEFF652CFC8529E11B76309791A11E6ADB0E35C28A583298520CC17A9C022B5DED4B3D57EF03C9EE1BFF9F3EB61FAAE87E4D7EC8F89B64D70A3DBC2C70CA1BB13898C89C1BDA379C3" & _
"66C5CC43EC8B5781A329517882A68F238CD09BF60656B4CC5A42B7171870AE1C1384D941A30E857416CA6CD7713E03060AB7F562C068B73995028915D41170749EDCA4917343C63C39B3C4FDB8746E6290A616E32A6295B9A48FC9CFDC6BA00AE9F900FCCA70C225140E434CAABEBD49F6B08717A745CC" & _
"190A1AC4FFD24A933C4D0FC9E0E4FB52FFF38694C3EFE0B80598206DC9B2ADD7C1149B79CDB844370F39583EAE9E2AC4A2209132A58EF1C7BE3C14BE8CDAE2F834BA1706A3CC9CD71EA71B99F6648E5AD5B764B52386E483CCAE08020E97A9AF140E0E508370605D2C286A5CC91DF8CF06AC6D200603679B" & _
"1E1EB3454CEA2071665E492F114E0190595FB7959D49240D60C719ED605607E12F1A73FF452216CB13740C560AA00A169741ACEB6F5B826EAEF311E9A0D06ADE022B62B1A2F0F27B47A61182C02746A6D54D29DFFD32FB6CD0FA7DD8345B9D79CAB74FE14EF37DDD520A41729CF3025CF079D8222E7AE6EA97" & _
"ED7DF8C595D23F3ED2E71FD8A1BA5F9B65C5F1016C873A673C2C1BA9E7E784AA0C36153E653D48076E3D7C860100E6A776CDE00625AFFFB532E2171CD2F18A36C3581CB000DC8E166435C57917F0B0CA795C75E289C69B6E1825A4F7157EF49343FAFACAD4567CB43D62E6986EEEEC0B4C8ADA2E15A2B783DA" & _
"D9CE54A7E09E9730CFC7BE529D4F4F8475A0B54F978ECDD5C3498AD32C2BC2D9E0BE6B41CD26FD933FE09A560DB2A36FA8A3FDBE4A3E6B034E7B8FBC3F11B85E9D751AACEBC7FCC432BDBF4E09A7163AE7C5FA93BB75CB5ED11195B4E03C245128A1A2CF519E848CAC43F301B8FC316241707F43C2B7035CE" & _
"84262237B29D4A70F677DD13EA37E237F7B73B20889099FEF3A943F5175A4F34DB14651AF07DE8AFB8F1B349CB738B01E2468FA897F88D5116566BE27328F4AE465CDB4B4BF0ECB3A4D9E2087A9B98D3742ECB6ADE24AA428EC10460F094EAF0170418A92397574D9AFB1E80F702E1B80BF4779186C8EA577B4" & _
"718EC16D69C49ED1C0E72BF1CAAE06CE598E46FA8C3633FBF45A5B000AFF0AF8F76B10A99C9E18333897B4B45E19DC588141CEC315E0602D2CCA84D1367944C9FD7426CFF6A9FB8C1B15109428A400D385B98903ECFB43621FBCDDEBBC106651A3F7DFA1B16C74340DF9EECE0759A7AB3E77208A490849661BFD9" & _
"7F6EEA4ED301D656472411D7B322E3F36AF09F7E2C521D4921E2AFD64676760C7879BBD339DE2497B18BAEFF0603096B935C4736BACDADD0024CD4B4BA84EAC29F504371B7737CFE9418CE3012223709803377AA2D4114C5052A1F42933C68A923E609AFC7F03ED4685BA23A5061D04AD27E6081B9F65776BAA60D9" & _
"9E70FD5CD8595AA894D8A617B3AD2644F2C9A55025D61DC4D55FEE9367DF5181D895D311C7EAA37E1E745036A0ED0983A272346787029CEFB6E7F38B59903D1547EFC8B83F472984EEABE0881361AB99ED3004B792CB9AADE123F238BAD164B13F0A4F629A3BA2918FC08F0A47ADC5A843726C9E91C4844B9B0D27" & _
"6E324B0AEE4D65E35B3014922B5A3CF0B27DC40E6339DE30E108086D99A753731DB85130B6F34D6473067DA9DC5130EFBB469C0E1F4D48C1DD0D5307F4814C75590935789F0FB2AF934261FAFE263B6797EC5CB204E66CF7441796F0847CE8D3EC76D59DCD9404D9FC5DBF5E75CCA70199D26A9F7B0EF86F9E40" & _
"B371D84D0BED0B2B7FF9071AC3B3CB92E2548D5666501B06F91E8A50CEB"

MsgBox(0, "", BinaryToString(Binary($string)))

MsgBox(0, "", BinaryToString(Binary("123456789")))

The really long string is some stuff encrypted with _Crypt_EncryptData().

Basicly I use InetRead() to read my encrypted data from my web server, so then I need to use BinaryToString() to get it back to string form to be able to _Crypt_DecryptData()

Any ideas how to get around this?

Thanks,

tom

Edited January 25, 2012 by tomaskir

[tomaskir]

Ok, so the problem actually seems to be that even tho its a string, it starts with "0x"

The problem other way around here:

$string = "4E04093EAD992336A8CFA76C7818E725F1C8736D396FA4D83DEA7217DA0DAC0F6C20532F2340C20B4F1960FEAF2E489C1080E7CF5BE1E97A2A6EA7F109A1E2848EC02512D9B1EF1FB9093930A4477B6281735B5F0048" & _
"1AB217695B6E24A7DDA22803B85717A20A45ACB55ECAE458F01795F4F112F6583EB7F3E30F788F1C3E995532CA04CEDF0F792DA69E78A58BA47F432D6AB78EE5589A70EDF52EB146551A7B45F4F307CF382396CFD8CDBE5A2F9" & _
"97CD2619A8BA450407323A414CB825B5DB28F614B506921EC0D9142F71E9B4833851A90AAE7136605699308797FD452CDC3A94B0FAB83B8D454276AB56C264FBBB3260B1D5095A40E19175309CAF79BC6A38860B33CE0B6311E" & _
"A47B9E7278B4646A8CE5934912827317E55C0D7EE3BE62D627BA01E5BCEFCEDF06C787B4451F71491EA24898E01F86F44127AE6BA9AC161B32530C8B1AE025251A5FCE84BF7745E582FE815E32C11EBCF8F44B340AB5B67628D04A" & _
"D7A543B76CBB1AC2B65437C4C38FFE8275C4A60D8EA8F54D12A557E8FAF552E48793181490313383AB6EEA9F738BCC73C338298EEE6BBD197F4A40B51BC08407FA34DF67FD9A6526B21D9E5F9D26686FDBFF8450E2FB5CC249B0" & _
"8BF5AC66AEBC11C6EC65AF85CDD9E52C403EE30E624FD7F7C91F4FF879D980DD239EB89714B147D171B55FD471A53312A262D7FA901AA6B4BFA11BFE9ED020BE88C63E0984883D8079B1218C97F5367B50A23BC24F2256D9D86" & _
"5FF7BC5386A5E46F3AF78614D1243099E7EEB0C415FE3DDCC6769D881103F729BC81663707ADB70FD6F326D640753911475A0421F2EE6CD2981A72CE1F3344C35688E4C439BF5A3AA20531CF933724C7C21EFDBC3EAE0E2680" & _
"237ABC31B896D314C4529AE0F594E01B81AF453DF88AD0A407FF045C39C00DA04942CD57E42F13D3702387EA9842B2E8E03DF019E14C8DC518C9480D8A4485E34E272BE654EDB815672AE21F9D6E4CA790C28239FBEDD4B2892" & _
"CE34E731B7FD71FCFA18C0AD119545B0C5E264CF868B13EBDB6D29C1D8CB16A9BDDCEF3BC0505A2A8D348A1CADA0B018E4452F6F76F5A0868104C8DAA4B4DC3BE063DB3ED72F65E75D380FAC1EA906DAADB31983C763E800825" & _
"F3028664C9D446F5A00F128DA3ACFA645AAEC586BF48FF52DC342CC4D2EA9E9F09ECE59747F7DED4A404EE5F0178C890CDC13A33931F8F83CDCFEF0D3CB9C07D662B3D3D02D786DC8EA6C4D585D5A081005DABDC6F6DBFDA5E" & _
"D934D979BD7DEE007174421674522C9546B91E3A234C550715AD03A4CD5A51549FA3A59991337DECEF29A8D2DDE89B52095A2E825BB0756CAB9F46E1CF7CC76BE27DD67EC0EE11531330D8C9197FDCBCD31F4ABFA8AF719352C" & _
"A81628CB57A20DB1ED5904EA44F855DF1EFE5A3339A1D4FD482F1C47A12428294AA651D19DBAA04CB9CAB264AC1D8C01A87596AFD6FE8B8929D11DC11FEC83FCB3A2072156DD13F551B9B7101ACD7F2FB97E620DA2D1146BD1" & _
"9C75D85221536E301E141C8D5C092B1D645498A981C0EF89F196853F15B74D298D3B97B807061BB57C5F07CE3D88B654F22B6C56DFA67ECEB44833531DEE0712C0DD7EEABE86B4E60D54EDE085B1F0134CB9D2641A250A3D54" & _
"8ED1B6A6D62F0137F8641B2084B49FB9E463C7510FD123A5E51FF0AE1CFF73A679E675136A1DCFE0DD77E7F7B090246785C2715ED4ABC4AC95BC4942EE07C3A49F1F4B4A3FC69A33DB5DC8A60BAF8DF8D300C0107D99D5935BF" & _
"A1DCE94FA6900F82EE6A842FF0CBE9B44F4C2CA394248FA5C69EF3EE53A3EB7D578CD022A507165B109B8D9DDB35246397CD972B4BBD0A2DEE69AD7733D09C283DE4092CA676C727B3ABBEE3CFBE5F24B63DAAB429E1FB52D6" & _
"C8485E982C32556DA22CC7563363C257236630014CB0D4CCE09E7CC3BE378C31CE89C924DD0306E4485A1F2DE56718FF5694D2A02B5C514FAC253245989C5D809A7BA9587A6D88659D5C404C08B7069F05AE137318E24AA238" & _
"8EF024F669C67C533E56F2ACEF599CF6692AF277D948CDA21A1D0F5BB7F54DBFA87EDE468A15AEC08D0C12494AF2381E73A6CBD823150CC83E345FA21DDF0D8BA50449227FA131DE3F7142F12BE0CA88C8437A4CCD8479D358" & _
"9EE57DAD4950D8D655C9883DD3FB2FCC1AA15649645FDF6B886C7763B56AE88376618EBA7FB582B13DF3FEBE75647B9F6E910639FB1E66F71FFD651AE0B24836FEB5A57374DC9A95EBAC2982F2222CC66CE835E9DC2EC80163" & _
"817ECF5D23BD19DFB39320C928041840D86F535DDF701232B2FF14650AF9276493020ADCD6368055C9F20842AA9B944948FF74976CD27C14B9949313B6AB0599697D2E34F0DD4534428D9C611E92E16F3A49EB0578692A2FAC3" & _
"89B8AF8F893D81636C880EECC330DBA0510C0751812BEEEDD756F68A4033EAF1424A4A2091179CB144BF492C948533CC49FF74B3C1F5DA9A9C9D298E3FF599DC1D77885EB0239E693A70A78DA1743CD14301D455B016DCFE55A" & _
"7020BF40F99CCF9EBD75BA2E6471C2C60A1356CB3557D71A812DB756B2E13A5DFF42B0F80E9963D410029DE360D0CDF36F2A93A4243CD1C60C7633668C4095776F7AB544F64B690584CA2EDE7D09AB7EDCF2587101A5A62A1A" & _
"48F2220105875944FAB7076EBE0E36DDCCC1A565D4A2E6B3900A823F1C86D33377DCB21CF8D547F71F6800589BACC747F26C211EDB2268CEABD2A189457571FD66AB0296C22C8E24B862B1B6783A2B674BEC262DACBB3F8DA1" & _
"4ED4D8EA486CD0D1046FD2CFB4E1EBA967E7DE5760869CC206F6571AEEC2F0751A545AE3ECB39EA51432031F36B2F627A999BC5AC2C9A8537203F3A7063DA63D019E460E643E42340A861DD07D0B18B9324D293478C880CE4A" & _
"65164D38E86122D8CEFDB66C4D77DA3B0DB9697F25F87ABB3ABE440EEE532D0C2A1889D96F99AB343155AB7A076D8EA10CE0B5B2554D6021094799316B8B5958164141C5C78806BF899E511624452F766A5B173D7CDF6BE5BF8" & _
"960E40E8A6864EBF89D4BB8D18D08C63A4B9923C8D1A8112ACBB5C126F72022F2C2F93894F0E8D00EE0231E7AAE028C77748D1797DB198CA4AB2C21B37DA25ACAA203C49FCA95E24DE143C979ADCCBCEA85E57CA70727A8B558" & _
"43B5CDB941F0089BE700EB46827C4BBDCC51DE4F0DC60314D0F2AFF02639E236CB42D2032650898D1AB2D96938E5B7382E1A3202D606A917E5B60DC67432413686BD318345B0958407D9C651DCCE29172E85613C636BADE0378" & _
"2D81E6D72671AE31B1A4F024CADFFB6DDDC5D2E94455BECC707612BD18FD40BF528D5A8F4EBC1A2D44A4CCFDA00338B2F8B82EA3276271653087D69BBA1A764F96F604E387C43514E17F7CBE92C9D275DF2D34621C9A78DA936" & _
"D384BFCB54ADB549F64D9708026E581B707F075E66FD84D053ED19585E4D91ACB15F41E07D41323A99E769ADC19E24022D4132600BF960EB76C8BAF378829B0A22C9EF169B56183E0E1EDCF3DA3BDA7DE42A8AC613B53"

MsgBox(0, "", BinaryToString(Binary($string)))

MsgBox(0, "", BinaryToString(Binary("0xABC123456789")))

Edited January 25, 2012 by tomaskir

[jaberwacky]

I don't see the problem, when you convert a binary to a string then you get the ascii representation?

[tomaskir]

I don't see the problem, when you convert a binary to a string then you get the ascii representation?

MsgBox(0, "", BinaryToString(Binary("0xABC123456789")))

This should return 0xABC123456789 inside the Msgbox, however, it returns «Á#Eg‰ for me.

Edited January 25, 2012 by tomaskir

[czardas]

The problem I see is that you have a line of code which exceeds AutoIt limits. The string in the second example is already 4992 characters in length and the AutoIt limit is 4095. The length of the additional code takes the script line beyond the limit. To solve this you can concatenate smaller strings.

[tomaskir]

The problem I see is that you have a line of code which exceeds AutoIt limits. The string in the second example is already 4992 characters in length and the AutoIt limit is 4095. The length of the additional code takes the script line beyond the limit. To solve this you can concatenate smaller strings.

Its not line limit, if you see the 2nd example, the long string returns correctly in MsgBox.

The short one in the 2nd example however doesnt return correctly in MsgBox.

[UEZ]

This will return 0xABC123456789.

MsgBox(0, "", BinaryToString(Binary("0x3078414243313233343536373839")))

I think you have a misunderstanding of the Binary function.

Br,

UEZ

[BrewManNH]

The short one in the 2nd example however doesnt return correctly in MsgBox.

Yes it does, that's the ASCII characters of the binary string. Use this code and it will return the characters "d" and "2" because hex 64 is "d" and hex 32 is "2"

MsgBox(0, "", BinaryToString(Binary("0x6432")))

[czardas]

Its not line limit, if you see the 2nd example, the long string returns correctly in MsgBox.

I read your first post again and I see that your code is just a reproducer. I am a bit confused that the code works at all. I thought it exceeded the limits of a single line of code. The line is greater than 5000 chars.

Edited January 25, 2012 by czardas

[guinness]

I read your first post again and I see that your code is just a reproducer. I am a bit confused that the code works at all. I thought it exceeded the limits of a single line of code. The line is greater than 5000 chars.

Not if you use "& _" and spread it across several lines.

[czardas]

Not if you use "& _" and spread it across several lines.

Apparently not. It wasn't clear to me that this actually split the line into multiple commands. I just thought it was a continuation of the same line and was for ease of visual reference. This means that the actual maximum length of a line of script is equal to the maximum length of a script, which perhaps has no limit at all. Interesting!

Edited January 25, 2012 by czardas

[tomaskir]

Yes it does, that's the ASCII characters of the binary string. Use this code and it will return the characters "d" and "2" because hex 64 is "d" and hex 32 is "2"

MsgBox(0, "", BinaryToString(Binary("0x6432")))

This will return 0xABC123456789.

MsgBox(0, "", BinaryToString(Binary("0x3078414243313233343536373839")))

I think you have a misunderstanding of the Binary function.

Br,

UEZ

Man, thats confusing. Since Im sending a string and its actually taking that in as ASCII characters because the string starts with 0x.

Thanks guys!

[BrewManNH]

Its being converted to ASCII characters because it starts with 0x and you're telling it to convert it to ASCII from binary using the binarytostring.

BTW, you don't need the Binary($string) command, you get the exact same results using BinaryToString($string).

[Malkey]

These both return "123456789".

MsgBox(0, "BinaryToString(StringToBinary())", BinaryToString(StringToBinary("123456789")))

MsgBox(0, "BinaryToString(Binary(),1)", BinaryToString(Binary("123456789"),1))

Edited January 26, 2012 by Malkey