Method: GetFixedWidthBlock for File

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Updated2024-09-12
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Reads a text file and returns the channel values contained in the file.

Note The file pointer of the binary file does not move when a BinaryBlock is read.

Set oFixedWidthBlock = Object.GetFixedWidthBlock

Object	File Object with this method
oFixedWidthBlock	FixedWidthBlock Returned object

The following example reads the values of a channel from a text file. Four characters of a text line correspond to one channel value. Each text line contains two channel values:

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Dim oBlock: Set oBlock = File.GetFixedWidthBlock
Dim oChannelGroup: Set oChannelGroup = Root.ChannelGroups.Add("Channelgroup")
          
Dim oChn1 : Set oChn1  = oBlock.Channels.Add("Channel1", eI32)
oChn1.Formatter.CharacterCount = 4
oChn1.Formatter.SampleWidth = 2
Call oChannelGroup.Channels.AddDirectAccessChannel(oChn1)
oBlock.Position = File.Position

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Method: GetFixedWidthBlock for File

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