How can I create a file in binary or text mode with win32 CreateFile()
dann_...@my-deja.com
I would like to know how can I write a file in
binary mode with win32 API CreateFile, WriteFile.
I'm using these API 'cause I'm reading and
writing with my own buffer by using the
FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING flag.
I search and I can't find nothing that permits me
to change the mode (binary or text)
Can someone help please...
Thank in advance.
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floyd rogers
> I would like to know how can I write a file in
> binary mode with win32 API CreateFile, WriteFile.
>
> I'm using these API 'cause I'm reading and
> writing with my own buffer by using the
> FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING flag.
>
> I search and I can't find nothing that permits me
> to change the mode (binary or text)
Binary and Text mode are high-level concepts connected to the C and C++
standard, and have nothing to do with the native Win32 file system calls.
CreateFile[A|W] and WriteFile must be considered a pure binary-mode
call - they do no processing of the data in the Read/Write buffers, unlike
the _fopen/_fread/_fwrite C-runtime calls.
Floyd Rogers
Alan Greasley
HANDLE fh = CreateFile( ...)
_osfile(fh) |= FTEXT;
as the Microsoft C Runtime does ...
dann_...@my-deja.com wrote in message <7jiqf7$h8k$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>Hi,
>
>I would like to know how can I write a file in
>binary mode with win32 API CreateFile, WriteFile.
>
>I'm using these API 'cause I'm reading and
>writing with my own buffer by using the
>FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING flag.
>
>I search and I can't find nothing that permits me
>to change the mode (binary or text)
>
Ted Miller
Binary/text mode is purely a C runtime concept. There is no counterpart in
the win32 APIs. All I/O to files done with WriteFile is the equivalent of
"binary" mode -- ie, what you pass in is what gets written, verbatim.
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