Binary Files

[§tudz]

hi,

Ok what I want to do is using an inputbox, enter the path of a file, I need to read it in as binary.
I want to then read 4 other files this way.

I will then need to add them to a new file called 'Agent01.bef'

I know I'll have to add a header to this file, which tells me how long the files are so I can get them out of this file again.

and then once the file (Agent01.bef) is created I want to be able to break the file apart again into its original four files.

how do I this?

Thanks

[Pirate]

Did you check BinaryReader & BinaryWriter Classes !

'reading
Dim BINread As New IO.BinaryReader(IO.File.OpenRead(path))
Dim str As String = BINread.ReadString()
.
.
'writing
Dim BINwrite As New IO.BinaryWriter(IO.File.OpenWrite(path))
BINwrite.WriteLine("A String")
BINwrite.WriteLine(12345)

[Pirate]

a good example

[§tudz]

I did look in MSDN at the binaryreader/writer stuff, but I couldn't make sense of how to do it...


Thanks

[§tudz]

to be honest, that code, doesn't help all it is, is a similar copy of what is in MSDN.

It writes the value

A String90

to a file?

I need to read in 'FileA' and 'FileB' and then output them into one one file 'FileC'

as well as attaching a header, which allows me to break them apart, back to their original files later.

I would also like to know how to do this.

Pirate your help has been great in the past, but maybe a bit of an explination of how to do these function may help.

thanks for your help.

[Pirate]

I haven't a clue about headers .This what I was talking about !I hope it helps !