gistfile1.cs

	class Record
	{
		public object[] Fields
		{
			get;
			private set;
		}

		public Record(int fieldCount, BinaryReader input)
		{
			this.Fields = new object[fieldCount];
			for (int i = 0; i < fieldCount; i++)
				this.Fields[i] = input.ReadInt32();
		}
	}

	class DBCFile
	{
		private Record[] records;

		private char[] stringData;

		public DBCFile(string path)
		{
			// load dbc into memory
			BinaryReader input = new BinaryReader(
				new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open),	// file
				Encoding.UTF8);							// encoding

			// read magic string
			if (new string(input.ReadChars(4)) != "WDBC")
				throw new Exception(string.Format("{0} is not a DBC file.", path));

			// get record count
			this.records = new Record[input.ReadInt32()];

			// get field count
			int fieldCount = input.ReadInt32();

			// get record size
			/*int recordSize = */input.ReadInt32();

			// get string size
			int stringSize = input.ReadInt32();

			// load records
			for (int i = 0; i < this.records.Length; i++)
				records[i] = new Record(fieldCount, input);

			// read strings
			this.stringData = input.ReadChars(stringSize);

			// find and store likely strings
			foreach (Record record in this.records)
			{
				for(int i = 0; i < fieldCount; i++)
					if(isString((int)record.Fields[i]))
						record.Fields[i] = getString((int)record.Fields[i]);
			}
		}

		private bool isString(int index)
		{
			if (index <= 0 || index >= this.stringData.Length)
				return false;

			return this.stringData[index - 1] == '\0';
		}

		private string getString(int index)
		{
			StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
			char c;

			while ((c = this.stringData[index++]) != '\0')
				builder.Append(c);

			return builder.ToString();
		}

		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			new DBCFile(@"C:\wowemu\mangos\dbc\Achievement.dbc");
		}
	}