"All numeric values are stored in the header information use the formats of the DataInputStream and DataOutputStream classes. All text values and all fields (which are text only) contain only 8 bit characters, null terminated if less than the maximum length for the field. The character encoding is 8 bit US ASCII"
-When I read 02 bytes (the record flag for example), I use readShort() method of the RandomAccessFile class. am I wrong?
-If the field value does not attend its maximum, I fill with blanc characters. Does "null terminated" mean : filling with blank characters?
1) could be. Experiment 2) no, but many people find that the description of the file as records being null terminated is incorrect and spaces are used instead