[Help]File Conversions

well in my updater, i need to change all the exes uploded to ".txt" (it will deny access to them if it is .exe) and when they are downloaded by the program changed back to ".exe"

if this is what your looking for then heres the code:

If hejsan1 is right, then it's not complicated, but it depends on the conversion itself,
renaming does not equal conversion

Example:
PDF to Tiff

The file cannot just be ranamed .tiff , it needs to be treated as a binary file and actually converted.

VB.net allows data conversions using implicitly (Automatic Conversion) and explicitly (Manual Conversion).

In order to do a real conversion , You will need to understand how to use the types of conversion , You need to understand Data Conversion in order to properly convert file extensions.

You can "rename" a image file like from .jpg to .gif and it works, but if you going to actually "convert" you need alot more code and so.

Jpeg to Gif, Depends on the compression, If you create a Gif and rename it .png and this gif was compressed and created with PShop, then there is a good chance it will error unless renamed back to gif. etc.

PDF to Tiff will never happen properly

Again, it depends on the conversion. Which is why I require more information on what type of conversion.

In the mean time I will work on a Intermediate Data Conversion Tutorial

Thanks guys, I'm looking for more advanced stuff, not just renaming the files

and yes I am looking at this for combat arms rez file related stuff, I'm actually in contact with the guy who made LTB2X