How do you access Data in a QBasic 2.0 Data Table

Hi all,

I have a customer that has an application using the runtime BASRUN20.

The data tables use the extension .D and .X

They also have a utility to rebuild the files using a program called BUILDX.EXE.

There is no source code.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to read this data? I am converting their application to .Net.

I have never worked with these types of tables. BTW, they are not flat ASCII tables.

Thanks,

Chris

sajece

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Yesterday I tried doing a google search for you searching for BASRUN20 and came up with nothing to note. I'll look into this again later for ya.

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Quick question - can you open the .d file in something like notepad ?
If so it is probably a fixed length data file. I work with these every day so if needs be let me know.

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He mentioned they're not flat ascii tables. Wouldn't that imply he gets wacky characters when he opens them in notepad? I don't know ... just an idea.

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