I have to read information from a file in which the format is gibbersish, kind of like when you open a .exe file in notepad.
How do I go about styding an unrecognized file format?
Any links or tuts?
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I have to read information from a file in which the format is gibbersish, kind of like when you open a .exe file in notepad.
How do I go about styding an unrecognized file format?
Any links or tuts?
There isn't much you can do and it'll end up being a guessing game. You can try opening it up in a hex editor to see if it provides anymore information but other than that... you better hope some sort of documentation has been made for that file type.
I have on word for you. "Context". It isn't gibberish to the program which uses them.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpagettiProg
www.wotsit.com is probably a good place to start. Although to be honest, reverse-engineering any binary file is always going to be a tricky business unless you find a REALLY good set of documentation.
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Originally Posted by wossname
Thanks everyone, and thank you wossname for the link.
Basically, this is a file that used to have a viewer. The owner lost the source to the viewer, and needs me to recreate it.
Like mentioned above, I will be playing guessing game.
I will do my best. :-)
thanks
if u want i can help u with it(im good at these kinds of things.). just pm me a way to chat with u like msn or aim.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpagettiProg
Your spelling and grammar suggest otherwise. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by high6
So your saying because I do not use proper grammar online I don't know anything?Quote:
Originally Posted by wossname