Exception thrown reading strings

[esaMark]

I tried the C# console app on the original file sets which were the subject of my question about navigating external links after modifying it as shown here.

if (dataset.Type.Class == H5DataTypeClass.VariableLength)
{
    var data = dataset.Read<string>();
    Console.WriteLine($"        = '{data}'");
}

I expected to read out 4 strings from each of 6 external groups but for 3 of the groups the dataset.Read() method threw an exception:

Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation
Inner Exception
Exception: The file is too small

(This was the exception which lead me to believe that there was a problem navigating external links.)
The code happily reads strings like

2025-12-10T14:48:39.332108+01:00

and

ascan cryz -2.80000 2.80000 20 2

then fails on strings like

2025-12-10T14:50:43.297367+01:00

and

ascan delta 3.00000 63.00000 120 20

so it does not appear to be anything wierd about the strings themselves.

The HDF Viewer reads all the 24 strings with no problem.

[Apollo3zehn]

@esaMark I created an issue because this looks like a bug. Do have the possibility to share that file? The string itself is probably not the problem. I looks more like a problem with the structure in the file that points to the string. And I cannot solve it without an example file. I can provide you an Owncloud link via mail if that is fine to you.

[Apollo3zehn]

Argh, now I replied again to the discussion and not the issue :D Please continue here: #153