RE: [DUG] IBM/Microsoft basic data format

2007-05-10 Thread Leigh Wanstead
: [DUG] IBM/Microsoft basic data format Leigh asked: That is great I just want to know the date type integer, long, float,currency. It's neither - it's a packed binary 8 byte (double) or 4 byte (single) format which is a different encoding than the IEEE format which the 80x87

RE: [DUG] IBM/Microsoft basic data format

2007-05-10 Thread Paul Heinz
Leigh asked: That is great I just want to know the date type integer, long, float,currency. It's neither - it's a packed binary 8 byte (double) or 4 byte (single) format which is a different encoding than the IEEE format which the 80x87 family of processors and Delphi

RE: [DUG] IBM/Microsoft basic data format

2007-05-10 Thread Leigh Wanstead
- Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] IBM/Microsoft basic data format Its their own format. I did decipher it once many years ago. I will see if I can find it. Leigh Wanstead wrote: Hello everyone, Does anyone know how what is data format IBM/Microsoft basic write floating value to a

Re: [DUG] IBM/Microsoft basic data format

2007-05-10 Thread Rohit Gupta
Its their own format. I did decipher it once many years ago. I will see if I can find it. Leigh Wanstead wrote: Hello everyone, Does anyone know how what is data format IBM/Microsoft basic write floating value to a file. i.e. OPEN "TEST.DAT" FOR OUTPUT AS #1 Price=0.423 WRITE #1, Pric

[DUG] IBM/Microsoft basic data format

2007-05-08 Thread Leigh Wanstead
Hello everyone, Does anyone know how what is data format IBM/Microsoft basic write floating value to a file. i.e. OPEN "TEST.DAT" FOR OUTPUT AS #1 Price=0.423 WRITE #1, Price PRINT #1, Price CLOSE #1 How 0.423 represent as Delphi record? double? Integer? TIA Regards Leigh