DBC StringTable

[Monkeyx3]

I'm currently writing a small dbc lib using the .NET framework.
Reading and writing works fine for dbcs like Item.dbc which doesn't contains any strings.

But if I want to write a file like CharTitles.dbc I'll get some problems with strings.

This is the Write method, which creates the file

        
        public void Write(IEnumerable<IDBCEntry> entries, Dictionary<int, string> stringTable, int fieldsCount, int recordSize)
        {
            using (var writer = new BinaryWriter(new FileStream(this.DestinationPath, FileMode.OpenOrCreate), Encoding.UTF8))
            {
                writer.Write(DBCWriter.DBCFileSignature);
                writer.Write(entries.Count());
                writer.Write(fieldsCount);
                writer.Write(recordSize);
                writer.Write(stringTable.Count());

                foreach (var entry in entries)
                {
                    entry.Write(writer, stringTable);
                }

                if (stringTable.Count() > 0)
                {
                    foreach (var str in stringTable.Values)
                    {
                        writer.Write(str);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    writer.Write((char)0x00);
                }


                writer.Flush();
                writer.Close();
            }
        }

The implementation of IDBCEntry contains a method called "Write". This method writes the row data into the stream like

        public void Write(BinaryWriter writer, Dictionary<int, string> stringTable)
        {
            writer.Write(this.Id);
            writer.Write(this.ConditionId);
....

If I open the new file now, the string columns just displaying the reference id to the string table.

I guess this is because I write just an integer into this field but how can I write a reference to a string table row?

Thanks in advance!

[stoneharry]

This doesn't answer your question directly but I have to do a lot of DBC manipulation for my spell editor, e.g: https://github.com/stoneharry/Spell-...BC/SpellDBC.cs

[Monkeyx3]

Thanks you! Your post really helped me.
I wrote the position of the string as reference for the field but I have to write the position in the byte array.