/// <summary>
/// Parses a GW2 string file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="file">Raw string file extracted from GW2.dat or Local.dat</param>
/// <param name="timestamp">Mark entries with custom timestamp</param>
/// <returns>Number of strings in collection</returns>
public int Read(string file, DateTime timestamp)
{
Items.Clear();
Filename = Path.GetFileName(file);
// Open the string file.
byte[] fileBuffer = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(file);
// Byte 00 + 01 = string length
// Byte 04 = string type
byte[] header = new byte[6];
byte[] strs = new byte[4];
// Start reading after strs
long position = 4;
// Stores blocksize
long blocksize = 0;
// Stores row number in file
int row = 0;
// Make sure your file is at least 6 bytes
if (fileBuffer.Length > 6)
{
Array.Copy(fileBuffer, 0, strs, 0, 4);
// Check FourCC and make sure the file uses a valid language
if (fileBuffer[fileBuffer.Length - 2] < 5 && FourCC.SequenceEqual(strs))
{
// Set language
Language = (GW2Language)fileBuffer[fileBuffer.Length - 2];
// Keep reading the file, we don't need the last 2 language bytes.
while (position < fileBuffer.Length - 2)
{
// Create a new entry
GW2Entry entry = new GW2Entry();
entry.row = row;
entry.stamp = timestamp;
// Read block header
Array.Copy(fileBuffer, position, header, 0, 6);
position += 6;
// Get the string size
blocksize = header[0] + (header[1] * 256) - 6;
if (blocksize <= 0)
{
// Empty block
entry.type = GW2EntryType.Empty;
entry.value = string.Empty;
}
else
{
// Read the block
if (header[4] == 16)
{
// UTF-16 String
entry.value = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(fileBuffer, (int)position, (int)blocksize);
entry.type = GW2EntryType.String;
}
else
{
// Other String
entry.type = GW2EntryType.Other;
}
// Moving on...
position += blocksize;
}
// Add entry
// NOTE: I've only set it to store actual strings to save all types change this line to:
//
// Items.Add(entry);
//
if (entry.type == GW2EntryType.String)
{
Items.Add(entry);
}
// Next row
row++;
}
}
}
fileBuffer = null;
// Done!
return(Items.Count);
}
/// <summary>
/// Parses a GW2 string file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="file">Raw string file extracted from GW2.dat or Local.dat</param>
/// <param name="timestamp">Mark entries with custom timestamp</param>
/// <returns>Number of strings in collection</returns>
public int Read(string file, DateTime timestamp)
{
Items.Clear();
Filename = Path.GetFileName(file);
// Open the string file.
byte[] fileBuffer = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(file);
// Byte 00 + 01 = string length
// Byte 04 = string type
byte[] header = new byte[6];
byte[] strs = new byte[4];
// Start reading after strs
long position = 4;
// Stores blocksize
long blocksize = 0;
// Stores row number in file
int row = 0;
// Make sure your file is at least 6 bytes
if (fileBuffer.Length > 6)
{
Array.Copy(fileBuffer, 0, strs, 0, 4);
// Check FourCC and make sure the file uses a valid language
if (fileBuffer[fileBuffer.Length - 2] < 5 && FourCC.SequenceEqual(strs))
{
// Set language
Language = (GW2Language) fileBuffer[fileBuffer.Length - 2];
// Keep reading the file, we don't need the last 2 language bytes.
while (position < fileBuffer.Length - 2)
{
// Create a new entry
GW2Entry entry = new GW2Entry();
entry.row = row;
entry.stamp = timestamp;
// Read block header
Array.Copy(fileBuffer, position, header, 0, 6);
position += 6;
// Get the string size
blocksize = header[0] + (header[1] * 256) - 6;
if (blocksize <= 0)
{
// Empty block
entry.type = GW2EntryType.Empty;
entry.value = string.Empty;
}
else
{
// Read the block
if (header[4] == 16)
{
// UTF-16 String
entry.value = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(fileBuffer, (int)position, (int)blocksize);
entry.type = GW2EntryType.String;
}
else
{
// Other String
entry.type = GW2EntryType.Other;
}
// Moving on...
position += blocksize;
}
// Add entry
// NOTE: I've only set it to store actual strings to save all types change this line to:
//
// Items.Add(entry);
//
if (entry.type == GW2EntryType.String) Items.Add(entry);
// Next row
row++;
}
}
}
fileBuffer = null;
// Done!
return Items.Count;
}
