Reading and writing binary files

Posted in: Files and Folders
By dePoPo
Mar 23, 2009 - 3:28:10 PM

        ' --- Read a binary file and write the content to another file
        ' imports system.io

        Dim s_infilename As String = "infile.dat"
        Dim s_outfilename As String = "outfile.dat"
        Dim databuffer(1) As Byte

        Dim f_inputfile As FileStream
        Dim f_outputfile As FileStream
        f_inputfile = New FileStream(s_infilename, FileMode.Open)
        f_outputfile = New FileStream(s_outfilename, FileMode.Create)
        ReDim databuffer(f_inputfile.Length)
        f_inputfile.Read(databuffer, 0, databuffer.Length)
        f_outputfile.Write(databuffer, 0, databuffer.Length)
        f_inputfile.Close()
        f_outputfile.Close()


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