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dmonckton · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:57 pm Post subject: List Loadfile Help

Hi

How do I load a file that contains hex data into a list? The file contains only hex numbers some of which are $00, the list sees this as a NULL termination and I only get a small fragment of the original file.

vdsalchemist · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject:

Can you send an example of one of those files. I am not familiar with this file type.

dmonckton · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:28 am Post subject:

Here is a typical syx file. You'll need to change the extension from .txt to .syx. If you look at it with a Hex editor you will see its proper format, it doesn't appear right in notebook.

Thanks

David...

vdsalchemist · Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject:

Ok first of all these files are not text only files. Actually they have only binary characters in them so you would not be able to read and write them with the VDS List commands and functions. If you are using VDS 5 or older you would use the BINFILE commands and functions. If you are using VDS 6 then you will need to use the new I/O commands and functions to read and write these files. There is a demo that comes with VDS that details how to read and write binary files. Look for a project in your demo folder that is called hexedit. The hexedit project will show you how to read and write binary files.