Random Access Torture!

[tomb]

VB.Net 2003
I can't understand why, if I can use FilePut to write a structure to a
random access file, I can't use FileGet to read that structure back in
again. I get this error when reading:
"Object type cannot be converted to target type."

There shouldn't be any conversion necessary - it's the same structure!

Help, please...

Tom

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

You did not give much to go with. If the file is also used with
vb6 remember that a vb.net integer is a vb6 long, and vb.net short is a vb6
integer.

Ken
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VB.Net 2003
I can't understand why, if I can use FilePut to write a structure to a
random access file, I can't use FileGet to read that structure back in
again. I get this error when reading:
"Object type cannot be converted to target type."

There shouldn't be any conversion necessary - it's the same structure!

Help, please...

Tom

[tomb]

Ken,
This is only in VB.Net 2003. I write to the file with this structure,
no problem. But I can't read the file with the same structure. I get
that error message.

I trie FilePutObject and FileGetObject, but I can't put it - I get this
error message:
"'FilePutObject' of structure 'doc_Specs' is not valid. Use 'FilePut'
instead."

So, if I can't use FilePutObject, but I can't FileGet a file with the
structure that FilePut the file, what is a programmer to do?
It just doesn't make sense.

Tom
Ken Tucker [MVP] wrote:

Hi,

You did not give much to go with. If the file is also used with
vb6 remember that a vb.net integer is a vb6 long, and vb.net short is a vb6
integer.

Ken
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"tomb" <to**@technetcenter.com> wrote in message
news:72*******************@bignews5.bellsouth.net ...

VB.Net 2003
I can't understand why, if I can use FilePut to write a structure to a
random access file, I can't use FileGet to read that structure back in
again. I get this error when reading:
"Object type cannot be converted to target type."

There shouldn't be any conversion necessary - it's the same structure!

Help, please...

Tom