Re: Parse ACUCOBOL Vision Index Files

The format is proprietary

.... then how are the monks supposed to analyze your problem?..... maybe you could make some fake __DATA__, similar in data structure to the real thing, and say what you are attempting to extract

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Re^2: Parse ACUCOBOL Vision Index Files by shadow_1 (Initiate) on Jan 26, 2010 at 21:25 UTC
The ACUCOBOL Vision files are usually comprised of two files. One file contains the data portion and one file contains an indexing structure. Depending on what you are trying to accomplish you may or may not need to access both files. To be able to give you more insight about parsing the files requires a knowledge of what version of the Vision file system the files were created with. It would also be helpful to know what options were used when the files were created. When using Acucobol all of these items are automatically handled by the file handler. Do you have Acucobol available? There are many ways to do what you are asking.	[reply]
Re^2: Parse ACUCOBOL Vision Index Files by Anonymous Monk on Dec 21, 2009 at 12:59 UTC
Maybe there is someone who knows the format as it's quite common -- and parsed it already.	[reply]
Re^3: Parse ACUCOBOL Vision Index Files by Anonymous Monk on Dec 21, 2009 at 13:58 UTC
Surely googling would have found that	[reply]