Re: Binary Data File - PLEASE HELP

["Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com>]

Not really the best way to go. Look at Stream_IO as I mentioned in another
post...

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"chris.danx" <chris.danx@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Try using Direct_IO instantiated for type Char, or a mod 'byte' type
>
> i.e.    type byte is mod 256;
>
> then write a procedure
>
> -- read a sequence of bytes upto numb, from file;
> -- if reaches EOF first raise exception EOF_Error;
> --
> procedure fread (file         : in File_Type;
>                            bytes     : out byte_array_type;
>                            numb    : in Natural);
>
> the procedure simply uses a while loop or a for loop to read from the file
> numb times.
>
> -- though i'm not sure how to get an unconstrained array to work for this;
>
> type byte_array_type is array(natural range <>) of byte;
>
> would be ok, but it might not work with the above procedure.  Someone else
> will have to help you with that.  I'd be interested to get any number of
> bytes out in an unconstrained type.  Anyone know how?
>
> Chris Campbell
>
>