Question

The testing.res file is 240MB size.
I want to read it. But im getting the error on this line:

int v = br.ReadInt32();

EndOfStreamException
Unable to read beyond the end of the stream

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            R();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }

        public void R()
        {
            using (var br = new System.IO.BinaryReader(File.Open(@"d:\testing.res", FileMode.Open)))
            {
                // 2.
                // Position and length variables.
                int pos = 0;
                // 2A.
                // Use BaseStream.
                int length = (int)br.BaseStream.Length;
                while (br.BaseStream.Position < length)
                {
                    // 3.
                    // Read integer.
                    int v = br.ReadInt32();
                    textBox1.Text = v.ToString();
                }

            }
        }
    }
}

The exception:

System.IO.EndOfStreamException was unhandled
  Message=Unable to read beyond the end of the stream.
  Source=mscorlib
  StackTrace:
       at System.IO.BinaryReader.FillBuffer(Int32 numBytes)
       at System.IO.BinaryReader.ReadInt32()
       at WindowsFormsApplication1.Form1.R() in D:\C-Sharp\BinaryReader\WindowsFormsApplication1\WindowsFormsApplication1\Form1.cs:line 41
       at WindowsFormsApplication1.Form1..ctor() in D:\C-Sharp\BinaryReader\WindowsFormsApplication1\WindowsFormsApplication1\Form1.cs:line 19
       at WindowsFormsApplication1.Program.Main() in D:\C-Sharp\BinaryReader\WindowsFormsApplication1\WindowsFormsApplication1\Program.cs:line 18
       at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(RuntimeAssembly assembly, String[] args)
       at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)
       at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
       at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
       at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean ignoreSyncCtx)
       at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
       at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
  InnerException: 

Answer 1

One reason your code could fail is if file contains extra bytes (i.e. 7 byte long file). Your code will trip on last 3 bytes.

To fix – consider computing number of integers in advance and using for to read:

var count = br.BaseStream.Length / sizeof(int);
for (var i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
  int v = br.ReadInt32();
  textBox1.Text = v.ToString();
}

Note that this code will simply ignore last 1-3 bytes if they are there.