TextMode(False)

ADunberry

I'm trying to read a text file that has no CR/LF as record separator.
I'm trying to read the file in binary mode.
i created a text variable of 200 long as my records are 200 bytes each.

before i open the file i did Texmode(False)

i get an error when i try to read the first record.
it says: the text "......" in Read parameter is too long
anyone knows what i'm doing wrong

Thanks!
Andre

wonmo

I believe that you would have to create a BINARY variable and not a TEXT variable.

kine

or you can read char by char (byte by byte) and create string (text) from them in some function like ReadString.... :-)

kriki

reading byte by byte can be slow.
Here a trick to make it faster:
In stead of testing all the time with the File-functions (THESE ARE SLOW), do this:
intLength := File.LEN;
FOR int := 1 to intLength DO BEGIN
file.READ(chaMyChar);
...
...
END;

to put a char in a string, do this:
txtString := PADSTR('',MAXSTRLEN(txtString),' ');
txtString[intMyStringIndex] := chaMyChar;