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I have a binary file that I need to open. Each record is 80 bytes in length. I need to open this file with VB5.0, convert each record into a string and parse out the data in each record. Can you please suggest some code to get me started on the right track, especially how to get the binary file record into a string that I can parse?<br />
Thanks<br />

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I have a binary file that I need to open. Each record is 80 bytes in length. I need to open this file with VB5.0, convert each record into a string and parse out the data in each record. Can you please suggest some code to get me started on the right track, especially how to get the binary file record into a string that I can parse?
Thanks


Binary File Access

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