Reading binary double floats from an old data file

[D. Wipf]

I am learning LV and I have been trying to write a routine to read and
display an old binary data file as a tutorial. The file was written in C in
a MS DOS program. I can get all the integer and string data from the header
but I am stuck with the double precision float values. The integers have to
be byte swapped (no problem) but the dfs are not cooperating. I tried
flattening them and rotating the string, etc. Converting from big-endian to
little-endian was easy in C but I can't seem to come up with a LV way.
Any suggestions.

Thanks

[Kevin_work]

"D. Wipf" wrote:

> I am learning LV and I have been trying to write a routine to read and
> display an old binary data file as a tutorial. The file was written in C in
> a MS DOS program. I can get all the integer and string data from the header
> but I am stuck with the double precision float values. The integers have to
> be byte swapped (no problem) but the dfs are not cooperating. I tried
> flattening them and rotating the string, etc. Converting from big-endian to
> little-endian was easy in C but I can't seem to come up with a LV way.
> Any suggestions.
>
> Thanks

I believe the procedure must also involve the "Swap Words" for Doubles.
Kevin Kent

[alkazaa]

The following piece of code should do want you wwant:

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-Franz

D. Wipf schrieb:

> I am learning LV and I have been trying to write a routine to read and
> display an old binary data file as a tutorial. The file was written in C in
> a MS DOS program. I can get all the integer and string data from the header
> but I am stuck with the double precision float values. The integers have to
> be byte swapped (no problem) but the dfs are not cooperating. I tried
> flattening them and rotating the string, etc. Converting from big-endian to
> little-endian was easy in C but I can't seem to come up with a LV way.
> Any suggestions.
>
> Thanks

[alkazaa]

Sorry, it should 'do what you want'..........