unwanted quotes in string output

[benjiboy]

I have a little bit of VBA code which reads a 13MB binary file into memory. Once there I want to edit it and write it out to a second file.
The problem is, using the write command, (WRITE #2 ,a$ - where a$ is my edited 13MB string), I get chr(34)'s inserted at the beginning of the output and at every place in the string where there is already a chr(34), (ie it's doubling up the quotation marks - I guess because it thinks it's found a terminator and wants to start a new string).
My input file is BINARY ACCESS READ and I've tried using BINARY ACCESS WRITE and OUTPUT for my output file. I have tried WRITE and PRINT. I have tried outputting the string in a single shot and byte by byte, with the same frustrating result.
Can anyone offer me some guidance, please?

 

[Kenneth Hobson]

Welcome to the forum!

It is easier to help when we can see sample files and/or code.

Have you tried Put? This link has an example to read and write to binary files. https://visualbasic.happycodings.com/files-directories-drives/code52.html

 

[joeu2004]

From the VBA Write# Statement help page: `Unlike the Print # statement, the Write # statement inserts commas between items and quotation marks around strings as they are written to the file.`` I have not tested Print# to confirm that statement. You claim to have tried Print [sic], to no avail. Maybe you should try again.