Help needed converting VB6 file IO code sample to VB.net

[Rory Becker]

The following code is being used in a VB6 program to read and write a simple
binary file.

I need to move things into the 21st century and recode this in VB.Net

The new VB.Net program will need to continue to operate in the same enterprise
level situation.

Rollout will be slow and so for the moment the new code will have to be able
to read and write these files in the exact same format as the Old VB6 code.

The code is:
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Public Type TransferHeader
Hub As String
Version As Long ' I appreciate that this should be an Integer in VB.Net
End Type

Private Sub SetFileHeaderData(Filename As String, Data As TransferHeader)
Dim DataFile As Byte
DataFile = FreeFile()
Open Filename For Binary Access Write As #DataFile
Put #DataFile, , Data
Close #DataFile
End Sub

Private Function GetHeaderOfFile(HeaderFile As String) As TransferHeader
Dim TempHeader As TransferHeader
Dim DataFile As Byte
DataFile = FreeFile()
Open HeaderFile For Binary Access Read As #DataFile
Do Until EOF(DataFile)
Get #DataFile, , TempHeader
If Len(TempHeader.Hub) 0 Then
GetHeaderOfFile = TempHeader
End If
Loop
Close #DataFile
End Function
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Does anyone know how to do this?

Many thanks in advance.

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Rory

[cfps.Christian]

While I'm not imminently familiar with VB6 it looks like you need to
look around for the FileStream, StreamWriter, and SteamReader
objects. The StreamReader can open the file and using the
StreamReader.Peek() method you can see if there are any more rows left
(Peek returns -1 if EOF). Then use StreamReader.ReadLine to pull the
data out of the row.

Pretty sure thats what you're looking for.

[zacks]

On Apr 22, 9:16*am, "cfps.Christian" <[e-mail]:

While I'm not imminently familiar with VB6 it looks like you need to
look around for the FileStream, StreamWriter, and SteamReader
objects. *The StreamReader can open the file and using the
StreamReader.Peek() method you can see if there are any more rows left
(Peek returns -1 if EOF). *Then use StreamReader.ReadLine to pull the
data out of the row.

Pretty sure thats what you're looking for.

Plus the BinaryReader and BinaryWriter classes.

[Rory Becker]

>While I'm not imminently familiar with VB6 it looks like you need to

>look around for the FileStream, StreamWriter, and SteamReader
objects. The StreamReader can open the file and using the
StreamReader.Peek() method you can see if there are any more rows
left
(Peek returns -1 if EOF). Then use StreamReader.ReadLine to pull the
data out of the row.
Pretty sure thats what you're looking for.

Plus the BinaryReader and BinaryWriter classes.

Cheers to you both. I now have a working sample which uses a Binary reader
to retrieve the details from the 1st record in the data. and extract the
Int and the String.

I have managed to resolve the fact that bytes 2 through 6 are the string
I need (All strings will be 4 chars) and the next 2 are the 32 bit integer
I need.

Can someone tell me what the first 2 (values 04 and 00) and last 2 bytes
(values 00 and 00) are for?

Is this to indicate encoding and end of record?

Once I know what these codes mean I should be able to construct the "Writer"
half of the equation.

Thanks once again

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Rory