Without running some tests, I'm only guessing here. I suspect that StreamReader is treating the data as text. Try using a BinaryReader instead to filter out the data.
...Glenn On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, I am trying to read a text like file that is padded with some > garbage (or at least it is to me). When I try to read using > StreamReader it does not make it past the first few awkward > characters, can anyone suggest a method to read in this data? Simply > ignoring it is a acceptable solution, as the end result is to filter > this out. > > > > This is an example of what the input is like, everything before the > 0H## is garbage, but using StreamReader it does not get past them. > > µ á 0H12$HEHDT,224.71,T*1D > É á 0H14$WIMWV,009,R,023,N,A*2B > É á 0H15$VMVLW,301074.5,N,0296833,N*79 > Ý á 0H23$AGHTD,V,3.9,R,R,N,10,10,0.5,10.0,,0.0,,T,A,A,A,224.7*6C > Ý á 0H12$HCHDM,232.90,M*13 > > Here is the implementation of the code. Currently just dumps what is > read into a text box as proof of concept. > > myStream = opnFile.OpenFile() > If (myStream IsNot Nothing) Then > Dim objReader As New > StreamReader(opnFile.FileName) > txtOut.Text = objReader.ReadToEnd > objReader.Close() > 'Read stream > End If > > > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > Cheers and thanks. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML Web Services,.NET Remoting" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://cm.megasolutions.net/forums/default.aspx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
