AutoIt reading .dat files

[Azu]

Hi, I'm not trying to mod them, they are files that store settings, such as what my screen resolution is set at, and window positions and stuff like that, I'm trying to get autoit to read them. I don't think the devs would help me with this though. I'll try searching for "file type dat" like VeeDub has suggested.

[Confuzzled]

To save you some confusion: There is no such thing as a specific 'dat' format - it is just a common shortcut to identify a file type as containing data.

Whatever the original author of the program used to write the file cannot always be deciphered from looking at the data contained in it - your example you quoted is just proof of that.

Be specific - what 'dat' file do you want to read and write? What program uses it? Where is it located on your computer? What programs do you associate with it?

[Azu]

The .dat files that store the client side interface settings for the game "EVE Online" in C:\Program Files (x86)\EVE\cache\Settings

o_o

[Confuzzled]

Looks to be in a proprietary format. It could be MySQL, but then it may not. Is the information on how to reverse engineer it worth $16,500?

Edited September 2, 2006 by Confuzzled