Rudimentary Binary File Reader

#pragma rtGlobals=1     // Use modern global access method.
#pragma IgorVersion=5
#pragma IndependentModule=BinaryReader
//BinaryReader helps you peek into binary files on disk to see what is inside of them. 
// Useful if, e.g.,  you are making your own file loader and need to read headers and find offsets and see what kind of data is in the file.
 
//modified Nov 19 2007 // made independent module
 
Constant kSegmentSize = 10000 //how many bytes of the file we are going to show at one time
 
menu "Data"
    Submenu "packages"
    "Binary File Reader", BinaryReader# BinaryFileReader ()
    end
end
 
//*****************************************************************************************************
//make the packages folder and the global variables and the control panel
Function BinaryFileReader ()
    
    if (!(datafolderexists ("root:packages:")))
        newdatafolder root:packages
    endif
    if (!(datafolderexists ("root:packages:BinaryReader")))
        newdatafolder root:packages:BinaryReader
        //make waves for the list box showing the first segment of data in the selected file
        make/o/t/n =  (kSegmentSize,2) root:packages:BinaryReader:FileListWave
        make/o/n = (kSegmentSize,2) root:packages:BinaryReader:FileListSelWave
        //Make a text wave for the listbox that shows the data after being loaded according to the chosen specs
        make/t/o/n=(1,2) root:packages:BinaryReader:OutPutWave
        //make a temporary wave to read data into before displaying it in the listbox
        make/o/n = (kSegmentSize) root:packages:BinaryReader:TempWave
        //First row of waves will show byte offset
        SetDimLabel 1,0,BytePos,root:packages:BinaryReader:FileListWave
        SetDimLabel 1,0,BytePos root:packages:BinaryReader:OutPutWave
        //Second row will show the data as a character
        SetDimLabel 1,1,Char,root:packages:BinaryReader:FileListWave
        //a global string to contain a list of segments in the file for loading
        string/G root:packages:BinaryReader:SegmentsList = ""
        //global variable to hold reference nmber to the open file
        variable/G root:packages:BinaryReader:BRrefNum = nan
        //global string to display name of open file in a title box
        string/G root:packages:BinaryReader:fileNameStr = ""
    endif
    //try to bring panel to the front
    doWindow/F Binary_Reader
    if (V_Flag)
        return 1
    endif
    //make the panel, as it was not already open
    NewPanel /K=1 /W=(78,105,534,452) as "Binary Reader"    
    DoWindow/C Binary_Reader
    ListBox FileAsByteList,pos={215,25},size={101,319}
    ListBox FileAsByteList,help={"Shows the selected segment of data in the selected file as characters"}
    ListBox FileAsByteList,listWave=root:packages:BinaryReader:FileListWave
    ListBox FileAsByteList,selWave=root:packages:BinaryReader:FileListSelWave
    ListBox FileAsByteList,mode= 3,widths={20,13}
    Button OpenFileButton,pos={7,2},size={67,22},proc=BRopenFIleProc,title="Open File"
    TitleBox FileNameTitle,pos={79,3},size={383,20}
    TitleBox FileNameTitle,variable= root:packages:BinaryReader:fileNameStr
    PopupMenu SegmentsPopup,pos={7,31},size={99,20},proc=BRLoadSegmentProc,title="Load Segment"
    PopupMenu SegmentsPopup,mode=1,popvalue="0",value= #"root:packages:BinaryReader:SegmentsList"
    PopupMenu EndianPopUp,pos={11,121},size={178,20},title="Byte Order"
    PopupMenu EndianPopUp,mode=1,popvalue="Big-endian (Mac)",value= #"\"Big-endian (Mac);Little-endian (Win)\""
    PopupMenu UnSignedPopup,pos={9,96},size={134,20},title="Integer Data is"
    PopupMenu UnSignedPopup,mode=1,popvalue="Signed",value= #"\"Signed;UnSigned\""
    PopupMenu DataFormatPopUp,pos={10,72},size={140,20},title="Data Format"
    PopupMenu DataFormatPopUp,mode=1,popvalue="1 byte int",value= #"\"1 byte int;2 byte int (word);4 byte int;4 byte float;8 byte float (double)\""
    Button ShowSelectionButton,pos={39,149},size={101,27},proc=BRShowSelection,title="Show Selection"
    ListBox OutPutList,pos={323,27},size={129,315}
    ListBox OutPutList,listWave=root:packages:BinaryReader:OutPutWave
    SetWindow kwTopWin,hook=BRCloseHook
EndMacro
 
//*****************************************************************************************************
//Close the open file when the Binary_Reader panel is closed and also kill the packages folder
Function BRCloseHook (infoStr)
    String InfoStr
    
    if ((cmpstr (stringByKey ("EVENT", infoStr), "kill")) == 0)
        NVAR BRrefNum = root:packages:BinaryReader:BRrefNum
        variable LocalRefNum = BRrefNum
        FStatus LocalRefNum
        if (V_Flag)
            Close LocalRefNum
        endif
        killdatafolder/Z root:packages:BinaryReader
    endif
end
        
//*****************************************************************************************************
//Open a file on disk, save the refernce number in a global variable, and load the first segment of the file
Function BRopenFIleProc(ctrlName) : ButtonControl
    String ctrlName
    
    //make reference to global variables
    SVAR fileNameStr =root:packages:binaryReader:fileNameStr
    NVAR BRrefNum = root:packages:BinaryReader:BRrefNum
    variable localRefNum = BRrefNum
    SVAR segmentsList = root:packages:BinaryReader:SegmentsList
    segmentsList = ""
    WAVE/T fileListWave = root:packages:BinaryReader:FileListWave
    WAVE fileListSelWave = root:packages:BinaryReader:FileListSelWave
    WAVE tempwave = root:packages:BinaryReader:tempwave
    //close the file that was previously open, if any
    FStatus localRefNum
    if (V_Flag)
        Close localRefNum
        BRrefNum = Nan
    endif
    //Open a new file chosen by the user and save the refnum in the global variable
    Open /M="Choose a file to examine"/R localRefNum
    fileNameStr = S_fileName
    if ((cmpstr (S_fileName, "")) == 0)
        BRrefNum = nan
        fileListWave [] [1] = ""
        return 0
    else
        BRrefNum = localRefNum
    endif
    //Find the number of segments in the file, and make the list of segments used in the popmenu
    FStatus localRefNum
    variable ii, numSegments = ceil (V_logEOF/kSegmentSize)
    for (ii = 0; ii < numSegments; ii += 1)
        segmentsList += num2str (ii) + ";"
    endfor
    //Load the first Segment in the file
    BRLoadSegmentProc("",1,"")
    PopupMenu SegmentsPopup mode=1  
End
 
//*****************************************************************************************************
//Show the data selected in the file listbox in the output list box by loading the data from the file with the selected options
Function BRShowSelection(ctrlName) : ButtonControl
    String ctrlName
    
    //Make references to globals
    NVAR BRrefNum = root:packages:BinaryReader:BRrefNum
    variable localRefNum = BRrefNum
    WAVE/T fileListWave = root:packages:BinaryReader:FileListWave
    WAVE fileListSelWave = root:packages:BinaryReader:FileListSelWave
    WAVE tempwave = root:packages:BinaryReader:tempwave
    WAVE/T outputWave = root:packages:BinaryReader:OutPutWave
    //make sure file reference is valid
    FStatus localRefNum
    if (!(V_Flag))
        SVAR FileNameStr = root:packages:BinaryReader:FileNameStr
        doalert 0, "The selected file, " + FileNameStr +", is not open."
        FileNameStr = ""
        return 1
    endif
    //find the start and end of the selection in the file listbox
    variable ii, startpos =0,numBytes=0
    for (ii = 0; ii < kSegmentSize; ii += 1)
        if (fileListSelWave [ii] [0] == 1)
            break
        endif
    endfor
    StartPos = ii
    for (;ii < kSegmentSize; ii += 1)
        if (fileListSelWave [ii] [0] == 0)
            break
        endif
    endfor
    numBytes = (ii - StartPos)
    //we will read the selected bit of the file into the temporary wave according to the choices on these panel popups
    controlinfo DataFormatPopUp
    variable DataFormat = V_Value   //choices in menu listed in same order as for /F= option in FBinRead command
    controlinfo UnSignedPopup
    variable UnSigned = V_Value -1 //0 for Signed (default in FBInRead) 1 for unsigned (requires/U option)
    controlinfo EndianPopUp
    variable byteOrder = V_Value + 1 //byteorder will be 2 for bigendian, 3 for small endian to specify endian in FBinRead command
    //set the numtype variable according to Wavemetrics conventions 
    variable theNumType = 0 
    variable dataBytes //this variable will hold the number of bytes per data point
    if ((DataFormat < 4) && (UnSigned))
        theNumType += 64
    endif
    switch (DataFormat)
        case 1: //byte
            theNumType += 8
            dataBytes = 1
            SetDimLabel 1,1,Byte,root:packages:BinaryReader:OutPutWave
            break
        case 2: // 2 byte word
            theNumtype += 16
            numbytes =floor(numBytes/2)
            dataBytes = 2
            SetDimLabel 1,1,Word,root:packages:BinaryReader:OutPutWave
            break
        case 3: // 32 bit int
            theNumtype += 32
            numBytes = floor(numBytes/4)
            dataBytes = 4
            SetDimLabel 1,1,LongInt,root:packages:BinaryReader:OutPutWave
            break
        case 4: //32 bit float
            theNumType += 2
            numBytes= floor(numBytes/4)
            dataBytes = 4
            SetDimLabel 1,1,Float,root:packages:BinaryReader:OutPutWave
            break
        case 5: //64 bit floating point
            theNumType += 4
            numBytes=floor(numBytes/8)
            databytes = 8
            SetDimLabel 1,1,Double,root:packages:BinaryReader:OutPutWave
            break
        default:
            doalert 0, "uh oh, the Numtype Switch did not recognize the value, " + num2str (DataFormat) + "."
            return 1
            break
    endswitch
    //check that data is selected
    if (numBytes == 0)
        doalert 0, "First select part of the file to show. For multibyte data formats, you need to select enough bytes to show at least one point"
        return 1
    endif
    //Redimension the temp wave for the amount and kind of data expected
    Redimension/N = (numBytes)/Y=(theNumType) TempWave
    Redimension/N = ((numBytes),2)  OutPutWave
    //load the selected data into the temp wave
    fsetpos localRefNum, (str2num (fileListWave [StartPos] [0]))
    if (UnSigned)
        FBinRead /B=(byteOrder)/F=(DataFormat) localRefNum, TempWave
    else
        FBinRead /B=(byteOrder)/F=(DataFormat)/U localRefNum, TempWave
    endif
    //Show the data in the output wave
    OutPutWave [] [0] = num2Str (str2Num (fileListWave [StartPos] [0])+ (p * databytes))
    OutPutWave [] [1]= num2str (tempwave [p])
End
 
//*****************************************************************************************************
//Load the segment selected from the popup menu
Function BRLoadSegmentProc(ctrlName,popNum,popStr) : PopupMenuControl
    String ctrlName
    Variable popNum
    String popStr
    
    //References to globals
    SVAR fileNameStr =root:packages:binaryReader:fileNameStr
    NVAR BRrefNum = root:packages:BinaryReader:BRrefNum
    variable localRefNum = BRrefNum
    WAVE/T fileListWave = root:packages:BinaryReader:FileListWave
    WAVE FileListSelWave = root:packages:BinaryReader:FileListSelWave
    WAVE tempwave = root:packages:BinaryReader:tempwave
    popnum -= 1 //should be 0 based
    //check that the file reference is valid
    fstatus localRefNum
    if (!(V_Flag))
        doAlert 0, "The file, " + fileNameStr + " is not open."
        FileNameStr = ""
    endif
    //load the segment into the temp wave. If it is last segment, only load to the end of the file
    if (V_logEOF < ((popNum+1) * kSegmentSize))
        redimension/n = (V_logEOF-(popNum * kSegmentSize)) tempwave
        redimension/n = ((V_logEOF-(popNum * kSegmentSize)), 2) fileListWave, fileListSelWave
    else
        redimension/n = (kSegmentSize) tempwave
        redimension/n = ((kSegmentSize), 2) fileListWave, fileListSelWave
    endif
    FSetPos localRefNum, (popNum * kSegmentSize)
    FBinRead/f=1/u localRefNum, tempwave
    //show the loaded segment in the fileListBox in char format. Print out the most common escape codes
    variable ii, points = numpnts (tempwave)
    for (ii=0;ii< points;ii+=1)
        switch (tempWave [ii])
            case 0:
                fileListWave [ii] [1] = "NUL"
                break
            case 9:
                fileListWave [ii] [1] = "HorTab"
                break
            case 10:
                fileListWave [ii] [1] = "LineFeed"
                break
            case 11:
                fileListWave [ii] [1] = "VerTab"
                break
            case 12:
                fileListWave [ii] [1] = "FormFeed"
                break
            case 13:
                fileListWave [ii] [1] = "Return"
                break
            default:
                if (tempwave  [ii]  < 32)
                    fileListWave [ii] [1] = "Other Control" 
                else
                    fileListWave [ii] [1] =num2char ( tempwave [ii])
                endif
                break
        endswitch
    endfor
    FileListWave [] [0] = num2Str((popNum * kSegmentSize)+ p)
End