Re: Binary file byte ordering

groufosse@xxxxxxx wrote:

Hello:

I have a question that I hope someone experienced with Delphi can
answer...

I am using a program to read a binary file that was written in Delphi.

I think I misread the first time. I assume you are not using Delphi to
read the file? Delphi Extended types (10 byte floating point types) are
stored low byte first. The format is the same as the IEEE format:

http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/AoA/DOS/ch14/CH14-1.html#HEADING1-52



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