AutoIt reading .dat files

[Azu]

I have autoit reading plain text files just how I want now (thanks to all the help in this forum) but now I have a new question!

I need it to be able to read .dat files, but I can't find anything in the .dat file except gibberish such as

~ ,NÅ¿Æ s$

Compared to the none gibberish .txt file

desktopHeight=1024

desktopPrimary=0

desktopSetup=1

desktopWidth=1280

Can you please tell me if there any way for autoit to decipher the .dat file so it can use it just like it can use the txt file?

I'd really appreciate it

[randallc]

Hi,

i am sure AutoIt can read this the same way any other scripting language can do; please post your script in a language which DOES read it [it would be encrypted in a certain way depending on the data?]; then it can be converted!

best, randall

[Azu]

I don't know what language I have to use to make it read .dat files

I thought autoit could do it.. :S

[SmOke_N]

I don't know what language I have to use to make it read .dat files

I thought autoit could do it.. :S

As he said... AutoIt can... but it isn't just *poof*, you actually have to program an interpreter.

[Azu]

As he said... AutoIt can... but it isn't just *poof*, you actually have to program an interpreter.

Cool! I have no idea how to make an interpreter thingy though. Where should I start?

I couldn't find anything in the help file that made it clear to me.

Where should I look for info on how to make one?

[Confuzzled]

Google is your friend!

[Azu]

I wouldn't be asking here if I didn't already search for it and fail to find what I'm looking for. Unlike most people =/

[rmarino]

You can try reading the file into an array. Then loop through it. I agree with the others here....... you should start searching and reading so you become better with scripting.

#include <file.au3>

dim $readfile, $x

_FileReadToArray("c:\file\to\read.dat",$readfile)

For $x = 1 to $readfile[0]

msgbox(0,"test", $readfile[$x])

Next

[spyrorocks]

He knows how to read the file, my friend (x). He just needs to decipher it to make some sense out of the .dat file.

Edited August 30, 2006 by Larry

[Azu]

You can try reading the file into an array. Then loop through it. I agree with the others here....... you should start searching and reading so you become better with scripting.

#include <file.au3>

dim $readfile, $x

_FileReadToArray("c:\file\to\read.dat",$readfile)

For $x = 1 to $readfile[0]

msgbox(0,"test", $readfile[$x])

Next

Thanks.

I did search though, and I have no problem loading the file.

The problem is, it is all like.. weirded out.. I'm not sure what I have to do to it to decrypt it or whatever.

By the way, I have searched for this, and wasn't able to find anything that does this.

I might just be using the wrong search terms.. were YOU able to find out by searching? If so can you at least tell me what search terms you used? I've tried every combination I can think of with the words ".dat" "decrypt" and "interpreter"

[Azu]

Sorry I shouldn't have said before I was wanting to use this for.

I'm not trying to delete or modify any .dat files.

I'm just trying to figure out how to AutoIt to understand them like it does the plain text files.

I don't know much about .dat files but they all use the same encryption thing right?

Here is an example of one of the .dat files I need AutoIt to decypher so it can use it;

~ ,NÅ¿’Æ sž$

autoreload

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As you can probally see, some of it is in normal text that AutoIt will be able to use but a lot of it is encrypted or something like

listgroups suppress ,×Kv‰X‘Æè€s¨,w Ê©ª‘ÆèADU%,™cW‘ÆèìEÒ,NÅ¿’Æèsž$,í˜-ÝÆèÌv,í˜-ÝÆè’^~,8¿’Ƙė$,w Ê©ª‘Æèh’$,NÅ¿’Æèðªˆ$,w Ê©ª‘Æ觫Š$,×Kv‰X‘Æè*ï¬,¯{l‰X‘Æè.õÞ,NÅ¿’Æè±»µ%,NÅ¿’Æè²–E&,xfâ5^‘Æè=h’$,kR¯<N‘Æè@·/$,NÅ¿’ÆèÁq«%,꫋΃ÆèÄÇs,!âûÆèÇÇs,×Kv‰X‘ÆèH’Ž,-„za‘ÆèPªŠ$,bÇÝ‘‘ÆèY6Š$,¨©vÙ­‘Æèë«Š$,×Kv‰X‘ÆèìuÂ#,>°`‘Æèîhx$,×Kv‰X‘Æè=’Ž,^±’š’Æèp¦ˆ$,˜þ©‘Æèò³/$,-„za‘Æèôg’$,>°`‘Æèìhx$,NÅ¿’Æèù D&,Y´.fà‘Æþœ¨$

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Edited August 30, 2006 by Azu

[julmae]

I don't know much about .dat files but they all use the same encryption thing right?

no. 8)

[spyrorocks]

I dont think that they are encrypted. the more i think about it the more i would think thta if it was encrypted, why is there some text where you can make some english sense out of it?

[Azu]

Weird.. so how can I turn that stuff into something sensible that AutoIt can use? O.o

[spyrorocks]

well i guess you could stringreplace() all the gibberish with a blank string and try from there, i guess.

[julmae]

I dont think that they are encrypted. the more i think about it the more i would think thta if it was encrypted, why is there some text where you can make some english sense out of it?

most .dat files have been encrypted and so is this one too. (:

[ironmanexe]

No, it dosent seem encrypted its just not plain-text. Its using a non ascII markup, unlike html its mark up is saved and opend by some program we dont have, its like opening a ms word doc in notepad... all the formatting is jibberish. or it just wont open. Probly hex based markup... Though i dont know much about it.

Edited August 30, 2006 by ironmanexe

[MHz]

I don't know much about .dat files but they all use the same encryption thing right?

That can be true for dat files used to store audio/video on a VCD, but AFAIK, dat files in general use can store any information (data) that is suitable. I have seen plain text data, binary data...stored in dat files.

As for an interpreter, the program that uses the dat is the interpreter. The developer of the program may help you with an idea to read it.

[ironmanexe]

Unfortunatley most game devs dont hand out software to mod game files... alot do but not most, there may be tools somewhere or some source code.. Google your games name and .dat decryption and start there

[VeeDub]

Try searching Google with the keywords:

file type dat

Some of the sites returned may help you to understand what tools you need to use to work with your dat files