Recognition of Self-Defining Records

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Author Message   Bob Carlyle (Carlyle) Posted on Monday, Aug 4, 2003 - 14:04:    I have been a WinHex user for many years, and find the product extraordinary! I would like for you to add a wish-list item for the ability to use templates to edit self-defining fields/records, as follows: In the AFP datastream (which is EBCDIC-based, and therefore record-oriented), each record (or line, if you will), begins with a two-byte length field which indicates the length in bytes of the total record. If WinHex could use this information instead of a CR/LF indicator or fixed length to determine the end of a line/record, then I could write a template to examine and interpret the AFP structured fields within those records. Very best regards, Bob   Stefan Fleischmann (Admin) Posted on Monday, Aug 4, 2003 - 14:15:    Does it help to use something like the following? int16 Length char[Length] Record   Bob Carlyle (Carlyle) Posted on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2003 - 23:47:    Thanks... that bit of info put me on the right track!