Re: Deciphering a Save file

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Rob,

AFAIK the format of a save file is not externally documented.  Each record is 
512 bytes long 
including 4-bytes (??) of checksum data.  You would need to reverse engineer 
the structure.  Be 
aware that the structure can change from one release to another.  What are you 
trying to 
accomplish?  I assume you need to do this because you have a savefile that 
can't be restored 
and you need the data from a file that is saved in the save file.  There is the 
QSRLSAVF API 
that will return a list of the contents of the save file and is release 
independent.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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> X-Mailer: Worldtalk (NetTalk for Windows NT 4.5-g5)/MIME
> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 99 08:42:19 -0500
> From: "Rob Berendt" <rob@dekko.com>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Deciphering a Save file

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> We searched the archives on how to undelete records in a 
> file and saw the tip on how to retrieve it from a save 
> file.  
> Thank you very much.  My question is can a save file be 
> analyzed much the same as a list API?  Are there offsets to 
> objects and stuff like that?  Namely we wanted to determine 
> the offset to the start of the data of a file stored within 
> the save file.  Also the length of each record.  RTFM 
> answers 
> are acceptable if pointed to the proper place.
> 
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> Rob Berendt, CCP
> Group Dekko Services, LLC
> PO Box 2000
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