Open and see the data inside a .ISO, .Bin file from inside an application

[dragonrose]

Hi all, im new to coding (started coding last month) so im a little stuck on how to do this, im making some emulation programs to learn coding with, and a part of it is to point the app to a .iso/.bin file and scan the data inside of the iso/bin to check if a file exists.

Thats the basics of it, heres what 1 of the iso's look like in a iso program:

And i would use the SLUS file in an if statement like this:

Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
 
Dim selit As String = CStr(ListBox2.SelectedValue)
        If File.Exists(selit, "SLUS_215.57") Then
namefull.Text = "Final Fantasy XII"
serial.Text = "SLUS_215.76"
version.Text = "Collector's Edition"
genre.Text = "RPG"
region.Text = "U"
date1.Text = "10-31-06"
pboxGameCover.ImageLocation = Application.StartupPath() & "\pics\" & "128.jpg"
pboxGameCoverA.ImageLocation = Application.StartupPath() & "\pics\" & "128a.jpg"
 
Elseif
*snip*
        End If

(ListBox2.SelectedValue, is the .iso/.bin file)

My issue is i cant find any class examples, or any information etc on how to code it so my application can see the data inside of the iso/bin instead of just see'ing the iso/bin file, so that i can then check the data inside the iso to see if the file exists etc.

Im a novice still at coding so making a new class myself to look inside the iso/bin is to complex for me.

Please any help on this would be much appreciated, Thank you.

[CroCrew]

Hello dragonrose,

Try one of the three below:

1. How to Create Optical File Images using IMAPIv2.0: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/ISOImage.aspx
2. Install “Nero” then use the “Nero x.x Type Library”.
3. Looking into the System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary namespace.

Hope this helps.

Happy Coding,
CroCrew~