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From: John McCabe <john@assen.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Binary Files in Text Editor
Date: 1998/11/13
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robinsoj@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>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.

If they're in a binary file then you need to use something like 
Sequential_IO or Direct_IO to retrieve them. Presumably the records are 
fixed length.

If you want to see the interpreted contents of the record on the screen 
then just use Ada.Text_IO, Ada.Integer_Text_IO and Ada.Float_Text_IO to 
output the fields individually.

If you want to see the records as a series of bytes on the screen, then 
you'll have to convert them individually into a representation that can 
be displayed.

I'm not sure that this answers your question though. If it doesn't can 
you give us an example of what you'd like to see?

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John McCabe
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