How read data from DAT file using C#

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Hi,

I want to read the data from a .DAT File.
below is the structure of how the data is arranged inside the DAT File.

Winword.exe-|-Excel.exe-|-MS PAINT.exe-|-

-|- is used to make separation between the two data entry!!

Can anybody help me on how to read the from this .DAT file using C# programing!!!

Thanks in Advance

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Balkrishna Raut

Posted 28-Sep-10 21:41pm

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Updated 2-Aug-17 0:09am

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Hiren solanki · Answer 1 · 2010-09-28T22:37:00

This is the example of reading serialized custom object reding from .DAT file

C#

ObjectToSerialize objectToSerialize;
      Stream stream = File.Open(filename, FileMode.Open);
      BinaryFormatter bFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
      objectToSerialize = (ObjectToSerialize)bFormatter.Deserialize(stream);
      stream.Close();
      return objectToSerialize;

You could use 'String' Instead of 'ObjectToSerialize' ( because your .DAT contains string rather then custom object)

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