Reading An Application File From MSBasic 2.1

Article View: net.micro.mac

Article #7011

#7011

From: Vann
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1986 02:27

17 lines
1178 bytes

I wrote a small application in MS Basic 2.1 the other day and posted it
to the net (net.sources.mac).  It was designed to make it possible to
dump ANY files contents in HEX along with the printable ASCII values
ala your standard hex dump mainframe utility.

What I noticed was that when you specify that ANY file can be opened
and then try to read in an application it immediately detects and EOF
condition. Why? Is there something about the structure of applications
(i.e. resource/data forks) that explains these circumstances?

Thanks in Advance,

-- 
				Eric Geoffrey Vann
				Analysts International (Chicago Branch)
				(312) 882-4673
				..!ihnp4!aicchi!egv

Technical Details

Message-ID: <797@aicchi.UUCP>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!caip!clyde!cbatt!cbosgd!ihnp4!aicchi!egv

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!caip!clyde!cbatt!cbosgd!ihnp4!aicchi!egv
From: egv@aicchi.UUCP (Vann)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Reading An Application File From MSBasic 2.1
Message-ID: <797@aicchi.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 28-Aug-86 22:27:34 EDT
Article-I.D.: aicchi.797
Posted: Thu Aug 28 22:27:34 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 31-Aug-86 05:04:31 EDT
Distribution: net
Organization: Analysts International Corp; Chicago Branch
Lines: 17