AIX

Hello all..

I am trying to take a .bin file from AIX and create a PDF of the chart that it holds..

I have so far..

extracted the .bin.z file to a windows 7 environment.
decompressed the .z to just a .bin file.

all the more I can do is view the actual binary data in the file...

I now need to get the data back to it form of a medical record chart.

Any ideas???

A few questions:-

Robin

rbatte1 is correct: ".bin" is not a standardized format. It could be everything. Looks like you are on your own.

I hope this helps.

bakunin

So, what is the .bin file?

The .BIN file is a file produce in a Navicare Watchchild labor and delivery system for hospitals.

Is it one you have created your self?

The .BIN are created when a mother is hooked up to a fetal monitor.. ie. The flowchart.

What format is the binary data? Im new to formats of .BIN files but I will do some research on different file types for .BIN

What PDF create tool do you have?
Ill use what ever file type that will allow me to view the data in binary file.... NOT the actual binary or Hex or oct digits but the original flow chart that the data represents.

..Also here is the set of the legacy system that I am using. I work from a client computer on a hospitals network and I access with a VPN to the machine. All the patient information is located on a ms server that I can access with sql server. While browsing the schema of the database I located the file location of the flow chart and then discovered that they were in a .z compressed file. my first objective was to decompress, not problem there. That left me with a .BIN. The Navicare Watchchild system obviously has a way to convert these .BIN back to the flow chart image when a patient record is retrieve from the archived system. Im trying to bypass using the user interface say that I may create batch prints of these files without using the client software and programming automation tools.

I hope this helps with clarifying.

Are the files large? Could you post a sample in [CODE] & [/CODE] tags (suitably edited to preserve anonymity, naturally. Let's not break any confidentiality laws here) and tell us what step you are needing help with?

What are you expecting to draw the chart? Are you thinking push it into Excel then somehow use those functions to make a picture, then grab that and PDF it?

It would be useful to know your logical plan to get there, else we'll end up with a miracle of 20-steps-in-1 being expected.



Robin

the files are only around 160 kb


I will pull a test dummy record out of the system and share what I can here about the .bin file

.. the objective is to archive old records and convert them into pdf form from these legacy medical record systems. I can automate the task but it still isnt as quick as I would like simply because it has to act as a user going through all the steps of a user to print a flow chart. The automation is quicker and easier than someone just manually pulling the record but I would be so thrilled if I could find a way to by pass the user interface and create a report with SSRS to generate the PDF containing charting info for the patients. What to do with the .BIN is the question.