Read .pcf file format

[mikethelad]

Hi, I have a .pcf file that I need to write c# routine to open and import the data, I can see some of the data in the PCF, but others I can't, I have some software that can import it and export to a csv, so the data is there but must be encrypted, any suggestions?

 

[Skydiver]

The .PCF format is well documented since it's a pretty established standard file format.

The X11 PCF bitmap font file format — FontForge 20230101 documentation

fontforge.org

 

[Skydiver]

Or is it a different file format that just also happens to use the same .PCF file extension? You'll have to give us more details.

Anyway which way, it is just a matter of getting the documentation for that file format and then reading the file as per spec. If you are lucky, someone may have already written a library for that format.

 

[mikethelad]

I believe it is a different file format that happens to use the .PCF extension.

I did attached the PCF, WAREHOUSE NODE 3. The manufacturer has written a conversion tool, but I need to automate this, you can see partial text in the file

 

[Skydiver]

Ask the manufacturer for an SDK, or documentation of the file format.

 

[cjard]

Or just automate the tool from the maker (run it from the command line, or worst, automatically press buttons in its UI) and consume the file it produces