Hello gang,

I am preparing to build a VB app that will parse and decode a Binary
file. I'll explain the file structure bellow, but what I am looking for
is some source explaining how to do things like this fast on VB. This
would at least give me a head start.


The structure of the file is something like this:

File can be split into 32 bytes(packets).
	All packets start w/ a sync of 0x47.
Each packet 3 bytes Header and 29 bytes data.
	Header:
		1st byte = sync
		2nd byte = identifier
		3rd byte = type(2 bits) , continuity(4 bits)and  version  (2 bits)

There are 4 ways to decode the payload data and its specified by the
type value. This is errelevant as what I am trying to do now is to parse
the file.  These files can be as large as 5Mb.

Sumary of file structure:
File(varies)
	Packet
		Header|payload
	Packet
		Header|payload
	Packet
		Header|payload
	Packet
		Header|payload
	.
	.
	.
	.
End file
	
Any recomendations would be appreciated.

Regards,
GigaMuxer
	


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