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Re: / NSFileHandle in rtf and mpg files /
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Re: / NSFileHandle in rtf and mpg files /


  • Subject: Re: / NSFileHandle in rtf and mpg files /
  • From: Clark Cox <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:58:13 -0400

On Jun 08, 2004, at 12:48, TM Systems::Luis Pojan wrote:

> I'm trying to read a rtf file. My code is more or less like this ((I'm
> not including parts of the code like obtaining the file from the panel
> and editing the path)):
>
> NSString *scriptFile;
> NSFileHandle *scriptFileHandle;
> NSData *theData;
> unsigned char dataBuffer[40];
> unsigned long long fileOffset;
> unsigned off = 21;
>
> /* I get the file from a panel */
>
> /* I edit the string of the path. I remove the 'file://localhost' part
> */

First, if you are getting a "file://" URL from the open panel, then
there is a well defined way to get a file path string from a "file://"
URL (i.e. don't strip it yourself):

if([theURL isFileURL])
{
scriptFile = [theURL path];
}
else
{
//Handle the error
}


> scriptFileHandle = [NSFileHandle fileHandleForReadingAtPath:
> scriptFile];

Make sure that scriptFileHandle is not nil ...

> fileOffset = [scriptFileHandle seekToEndOfFile];

... because if it is, this call will return garbage

> [bDisplay setDoubleValue: fileOffset];

Using setDoubleValue here, you will lose some precision, try this
instead (assuming that bDisplay is some standard NSControl):

[bDisplay setObjectValue: [NSNumber numberWithUnsignedLongLong:
fileOffset]];


> fileOffset -= off;
> [scriptFileHandle seekToFileOffset: fileOffset];
> theData = [scriptFileHandle readDataOfLength:30];

How can you get 30 bytes of data if you've just seek'ed to 21 bytes
before the end of the file?

> [theData getBytes: dataBuffer];
>
> When I print what's in fileOffset ((it should return the size of the
> file, right?)), it always returns the same misterious number:
> 2424892184.

--
Clark S. Cox III
email@hidden
http://homepage.mac.com/clarkcox3/
http://www.livejournal.com/users/clarkcox3/

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