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Hi:

I am new to Java but having a great time learning it - its a super language!
I have a binary database file consisting of a mixture of strings, long ints
and doubles. The database was originally created using Microsofts 16 bit 'C'
6.0 compiler (not VC6.0) running in DOS, therefore the strings are simple
byte arrays, long ints are 4 byte and doubles 8 byte. I have successfully
written read/write routines to the database using VB 6 and C++Builder 3, and
am now moving to the Java platform with JBuilder 2 (standard).

I am using the RandomAccessFile class to open the file and am accessing the
same using the seek() method. I can read the strings by reading with
readByte(), casting to a char then concatenating to reconstitue the string -
works fine. Unfortunately thats all I can read - when I use .readInt() to
read a 4 byte int or an .readDouble() for an 8 byte double all I get is
garbage. Is there something I am missing here?

Any advise would be much appreciated.

- Stranded programmer in the Great White North.