File input using read()

[dfound]

Hi, I have developed a small encryption program which uses read() function to read an array of size 32768(32kb).Aft er that I would do something like this :

for(long i=0;i<strlen(bu f);i++) // buf is array read
buf[i]+=13; //encoding

Well the problem is the code doesn't work on audio and video files.Please help
... :-)

[DumRat]

Hi, I have developed a small encryption program which uses read() function to read an array of size 32768(32kb).Aft er that I would do something like this :

for(long i=0;i<strlen(bu f);i++) // buf is array read
buf[i]+=13; //encoding

Well the problem is the code doesn't work on audio and video files.Please help
... :-)

What do you mean by "The code doesn't work"? Doesn't it encrypt those files? does it throw a runtime error, or do you simply cannot decode the file and play it back again? If the latterr is the case, please check the value type of the buf array. becasue if u r using a char array, and if the file somewhere had a value like 123, u add 13 to it and u get 136. unrepresentable ! This is an error. u should check for whether buf[i] + 13 < 127 before you do buf[i] + 13. This happened to me when I was writing ur same program two months ago.

[dfound]

The Problem Is That It Doesn't Encrypt The Array.after I Encrypt It,the File Still Plays.

[sicarie]

The Problem Is That It Doesn't Encrypt The Array.after I Encrypt It,the File Still Plays.

(just to make sure before moving on to more complicated things) Are you sure you are playing the "encoded" file?

[dfound]

Yes.......

[dfound]

Yes but it does encode other files except audio and video

[DumRat]

Are u sure u are reading the file in in the binary mode. say.

ifstream in(filename, ios::in | ios::binary );

U should open the file in binary mode.