Reading a .tlk file

[J.Mamakos]

We have a rather rickety piece of software (non-labview) that stores large table data in .tlk files.  To try and negate the effect of not being able to access the data when this software doesn't work, I want to be able to read the contents of the .tlk files and export their contents to Excel.  I am familiar with writing data to excel, but I am unsure how to go about reading the .tlk file.  Is this actually possible with LabVIEW, or am I in danger of careering down the wrong path?

I ask this because it's a few days until I can get back to the office, but my boss wants to know if I can do it.

[jcarmody]

Do you have a sample, or at least a description?  The only thing I found about .tlk files on the interwebs was stuff like "Language dialog file used by BioWare first-person shooter games."

[Jamie_J]

Hello,

I have been monitoring this forum post to possibly offer support when you return to the office. I see you have not replied in a while and am just enquiring if you are still working on the issue?

Kind Regards,

[J.Mamakos]

Thank you both for your replies.

This little project had temporarily been put on hold as other things needed doing with a higher priority.  I am not in direct contact with the 'old' software that stores data in .tlk files and, since the data is sensitive, I am still waiting to be provided with a .tlk file that contains dummy data so that I can get on with trying to read it in LabVIEW.  Until then, I can't really provide any more information on these file types (other than what jcarmody turned up, which is about as much as I know so far too).

Our offices are closed for the Christmas period, so I expect (perhaps hope) to be working on this come January.  If anyone knows whether LabVIEW is capable of reading the files, or has worked with them in the past, I would appreciate any advice you can offer.

In the mean time, Merry Christmas!

[J.Mamakos]

First off, apologies for the thread necromancy (I figure it's somewhat justified in order for me to provide some closure on this matter).

I've finally been provided with a couple of TLK files containing 'dummy' data to work with, and I had a conversation with another guy who's used these files before.  As it turns out, they appear to be a type of archive file.  In this particular case, they contain a group of XML files with all the data I was trying to get hold of.  My initial mistake was to try and treat the TLK as a single file rather than an archive, which produced some confusing results!

It should be relatively plain sailing from here, but a thank you to those of you who were prepared to try and lend a hand.