Byte array to string without character conversion?

[Kasper Hansen]

I need to search through a binary file to find a specific string and then
replace it with another string. However the
System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString method i originally used seems to do
some character conversion. I also tried using UTF7-8 and Unicode
conversions, but the output is still converted. How do i get past this?

Thanks in advance,

Kasper Hansen

[Armin Zingler]

"Kasper Hansen" <ka**********@h-hansen.dk> schrieb

I need to search through a binary file to find a specific string and
then replace it with another string. However the
System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString method i originally used seems
to do some character conversion.
ASCII = 7bit = characters 0 - 127 only
I also tried using UTF7-8 and
Unicode conversions, but the output is still converted. How do i get
past this?

Which character encoding has been used to write into the file? You'd have to
know this first. If 1 character = 1 byte it's probably ANSI encoding
(System.Text.Encoding.Default).
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[Kasper Hansen]

> Which character encoding has been used to write into the file? You'd have
to

know this first. If 1 character = 1 byte it's probably ANSI encoding
(System.Text.Encoding.Default).

Well, i just want the output to be exactly the same as the input. 0xFF =
0xFF and 0x7F = 0x7F and so on. I also tried the default encoding, but it
didn't work either. Any other suggestions?

/Kasper Hansen

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Kasper Hansen" <ka**********@h-hansen.dk> scripsit:

I need to search through a binary file to find a specific string and then
replace it with another string. However the
System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString method i originally used seems to do
some character conversion. I also tried using UTF7-8 and Unicode
conversions, but the output is still converted. How do i get past this?

You may want to use 'Encoding.Default' to read the file with the
currently used codepage.

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Kasper Hansen]

> You may want to use 'Encoding.Default' to read the file with the

currently used codepage.

Sorry - you're both right. I overlooked a spot where i did the conversion
once more.
Thanks alot.

/Kasper Hansen

[Armin Zingler]

"Kasper Hansen" <ka**********@h-hansen.dk> schrieb

Which character encoding has been used to write into the file?
You'd have

to

know this first. If 1 character = 1 byte it's probably ANSI
encoding (System.Text.Encoding.Default).

Well, i just want the output to be exactly the same as the input.
0xFF = 0xFF and 0x7F = 0x7F and so on. I also tried the default
encoding, but it didn't work either. Any other suggestions?

Could you please show an example how you read/convert/display chars?
If you want to convert to Char/String, you must know the source
encoding because the byte value(s) must be converted to Unicode as
Chars are always Unicode encoded.
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Armin