How to read a binary file, convert it into proper text format ?

Here is the code to deserialize the object reading the file:

BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
bool IsFromArchive = true;
string temporalfilename = "yourfile.dat";
string m_data ="";
string mp_lasterror = "";

if (IsFromArchive)
{
        if (File.Exists(Application.StartupPath + @"\Temp\" + temporalfilename))
        {
            FileStream fstream = new FileStream(Application.StartupPath + @"\Temp\" + temporalfilename,
                FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
            try
            {
                m_data = (string) bf.Deserialize(fstream);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                mp_lasterror = ex.Message;
            }
            finally
            {
                //todo
            }
            fstream.Close();
        }
        else
            MessageBox.Show("The file" + temporalfilename + " was not found in the path!");

}

Regards

You must implement a deserialization process. If you know that the serialized object (binary) is or can be transformed into an string (ASCII code), only apply a cast to the deserialized object and gotcha!. the following code deserialize an object. The folowing code ONLY transform the binary object from an array of bytes (bytes[]).-

///

/// Deserialize an object from an array of bytes.
///

/// The array of bytes with the object to deserialize
/// The object deserialized
public static object BinaryTo(byte[] SerializedImage)
{
    IFormatter formatter;
    MemoryStream memStream = null;
    Object objectFromBinary = null;
    //Cursor saveCursor = Cursor.Current;
    //try
    //{
        //Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor;
        try
        {
            memStream = new MemoryStream(SerializedImage);
            formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
            objectFromBinary = formatter.Deserialize(memStream);
        }
        catch (Exception exception)
        {
            mp_lasterror = exception.Message;
        }
        finally
        {
            if (memStream != null) memStream.Close();
        }
    //}
    //finally
    //{
    //    Cursor.Current = saveCursor;
    //}
    return objectFromBinary;
}


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CFQüeb