RE: Deciphering a Save file

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The latest version of DBU has an undelete function as well.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com





>Hi Simon,
>
>Check out WRKDBF at http://www.wrkdbf.com.  It has an "undelete" capability
>built into it.
>
>William K. Reger
>Senior Project Manager
>Levitz Furniture Corporation
>Phone:  (561) 994-5114
>E-mail:  breger@levitz.com
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:        Rob Berendt [SMTP:rob@dekko.com]
>> Sent:        Monday, August 02, 1999 12:10 AM
>> To:  MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>> Subject:     Re: Deciphering a Save file
>>
>> Simon,
>>
>> This is what we are trying to accomplish:
>> > > 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > 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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>> > file://--- forwarded
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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
>> >
>> > >
>> > > << Personal Stationery >>
>> > > Header  :
>> > >
>> > > Footer  :
>> > > 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.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Rob Berendt, CCP
>> > > Group Dekko Services, LLC
>> > > PO Box 2000
>> > > Kendallville IN 46755
>> > > Phone:  219-347-3100 ext 70560
>> > > Fax:  219-349-2005
>> > > email:  rob@dekko.com
>> >
>>


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