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From: robinsoj@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: Binary Files in Text Editor
Date: 1998/11/12
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I have an array of records (there are two string fields, an integer field, and
a float field) that I converted from a text file to a binary file.  Now I want
to display those records to the screen like a list.

In article <72e9el$top@gcsin3.geccs.gecm.com>,
  John McCabe <john@assen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> robinsoj@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> >Let me re-phrase the question:
> >
> >I would like to display the contents of a binary file to the screen.  My
> >machine is running GNAT Ada on	Windows NT.  Do I have to convert a
> >binary file into a text file before displaying its contents on the
> >screen (or re-directing it to the printer)?
>
> You can display it on the screen if you like, but how you do it depends
> on exactly what you are expecting to see on the screen.
>
> Tell us more about what you want to see and we may be able to help more.
>
> One possibility is to use Sequential_IO or Direct_IO to read in a byte at
> a time then display the equivalent ASCII character representation.
> Alternatively, you could display each byte as a hexadecimal numeric
> representation. Both of these are very easy but, as I said, it depends on
> what you want to see.
>
> --
> Best Regards
> John McCabe
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> Marconi Electronic Systems
> Simulation & Training Division
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>
>


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James H. Robinson, III

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