Reading Files with GET

[William Bub]

Assume I have the following code:

Dim VarByte As Byte
Dim VarInt As Integer
Dim VarStr As String
Open gFileName For Binary As gFN
Get #gFN, , VarByte ' 1 byte
Get #gFN, , VarInt ' 2 bytes
Get #gFN, , VarStr ' ?? bytes

Since the first two Var's each have a fixed length, the first two GETs
together will successfully retrieve 3 bytes from the file. (I have
successfully done this, and it worked as expected.) But obviously, there
will be a problem with the fourth GET. I know that the next ten bytes in the
file are text, and I want to put them into VarStr. Is there a way to define
VarStr as always having a length of 10? Or is there a way to specify in the
GET to get 10 bytes? Or do I have to GET 10 bytes, one at a time, and
concatenate them? Thank for any help.

[J French]

Inline :-

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 22:08:58 GMT, "William Bub"
<fa********@hotmail.com> wrote:

Assume I have the following code:

Dim VarByte As Byte
Dim VarInt As Integer
Dim VarStr As String
Open gFileName For Binary As gFN
Get #gFN, , VarByte ' 1 byte
Get #gFN, , VarInt ' 2 bytes VarStr = Space$( 10 ) ' Set its lengthGet #gFN, , VarStr ' ?? bytes

Since the first two Var's each have a fixed length, the first two GETs
together will successfully retrieve 3 bytes from the file. (I have
successfully done this, and it worked as expected.) But obviously, there
will be a problem with the fourth GET. I know that the next ten bytes in the
file are text, and I want to put them into VarStr. Is there a way to define
VarStr as always having a length of 10? Or is there a way to specify in the
GET to get 10 bytes? Or do I have to GET 10 bytes, one at a time, and
concatenate them? Thank for any help.

You could also used a Fixed Length String

Or even better a UDT containing all the variables, including a fixed
length string.

[William Bub]

<snip>

Is there a way to define
VarStr as always having a length of 10?

<snip>
You could also used a Fixed Length String

Or even better a UDT containing all the variables, including a fixed
length string.

Thanks. That was my question. I guess the answer is "yes." New question:
How? How do you define a fixed length string?

[Rick Rothstein]

> > > Is there a way to define

VarStr as always having a length of 10?

<snip>

You could also used a Fixed Length String

Or even better a UDT containing all the variables, including a fixed
length string.

Thanks. That was my question. I guess the answer is "yes." New question:
How? How do you define a fixed length string?

Pretty much the way it's described in the VB Help files. Look up Dim
Statement and check the section describing "type".

Rick - MVP

[William Bub]

"Rick Rothstein" <ri************@NOSPAMcomcast.net> wrote in message
news:Cz********************@comcast.com...

> Is there a way to define
>VarStr as always having a length of 10?

<snip>

You could also used a Fixed Length String

Or even better a UDT containing all the variables, including a fixed
length string.

Thanks. That was my question. I guess the answer is "yes." New question: How? How do you define a fixed length string?

Pretty much the way it's described in the VB Help files. Look up Dim
Statement and check the section describing "type".

Rick - MVP

I'm using the "Working Model" Version of VB 6.0. There are no help files,
and the textbook doesn't mention fixed length strings. Is there a good web
site with this kind of info?

[Rick Rothstein]

> > > How? How do you define a fixed length string?

Pretty much the way it's described in the VB Help files. Look up Dim
Statement and check the section describing "type".

Rick - MVP

I'm using the "Working Model" Version of VB 6.0. There are no help files,
and the textbook doesn't mention fixed length strings. Is there a good web
site with this kind of info?

Okay, the syntax is

Dim StringVariableName As String * FixedCharacterSize

where you put the string variable name in the obvious spot and replace the
FixedCharacterSize indicator with a hard-coded number, such as 10, to make a
fixed string of 10 characters. (You must use an actual number; a variable
won't work.)

Although it is somewhat cumbersome to use, you can view the entire MSDN Help
Files online at this link...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp

Specifically, open the "tree" to this...

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Visual Studio 6.0
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