Subj : I need a routine to convert a real48 type into a double
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : E. Kali
Date : Tue Aug 02 2005 11:46 am

Hi all,

I've got the following problem. I'm reading data out of a binary file which 
had been written by a Delphi application.
The data structure of the delphi application which wrote the data looks like 
this-->

TMyDelphiRecord = packed record
  aReal48Value   : Real48;
  aByteValue   : Byte;
  aWordValue : Word;
  and so on...
end;

My C++ Builder application reads the into a data structure like this

struct TMyCBuilderStruct{
  unsigned char aReal48Value[6];
  unsigned char aByteValue;
  unsiged short aWordValue;
  and so on...
};

My question ==> how can I convert the aReal48Value into a valid c++ double 
value?.

Thanks in advance!

.