mdfreader is returning error after upgrade to 2.7.5 when reading mdf files

[Mark584]

Pyhton version

3.6.5 |Anaconda, Inc.| (default, Mar 29 2018, 13:32:41) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)]

Platform information

Windows-10-10.0.15063-SP0

Numpy version

1.14.2

mdfreader version

2.7.5

Description

After upgrading from mdfreader 2.7.4 to 2.7.5, it won't read my mdf files anymore. Executing the following command:

yop = mdfreader.mdf('MDF-File.mdf')

will return:

  File "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\mdfreader\mdfinfo3.py", line 638, in read_ce_block
    temp['name'] = temp['name'].rstrip(b'\x00').decode('latin1', 'replace')

KeyError: 'name'

Before upgrading mdfreader, it worked with my mdf-files. How can I solve this problem?

[ratal]

Hi Mark, You should replace this line with this below: temp['message'] = temp['message'].rstrip(b'\x00').decode('latin1', 'replace') This is available in dev branch, issue #141 , Ginseil could identify and already give correction.

[Mark584]

Thanks for your response!

I changed this line, but now I'm getting a different error somehow:

  File "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\mdfreader\mdfinfo3.py", line 99, in __init__
    self.filterChannelNames = filterChannelNames

TypeError: descriptor 'filterChannelNames' for 'info3' objects doesn't apply to 'info3' object

[ratal]

I cannot understand, there should be below line slots = ['fileName', 'fid', 'filterChannelNames'] under info3 declaration, so this TypeError does not make sense. Did you change anything ?

[Brausepaul]

I can confirm the original issue but not the following problem mentioned.

[ratal]

Hi Brausepaul, replacing buggy line by temp['message'] = temp['message'].rstrip(b'\x00').decode('latin1', 'replace') can solve your issue ? (it is in dev branch)

[Brausepaul]

Sorry, after re-reading my previous comment I think I was unclear. I did have the same issue with 2.7.5 but replacing the line mentioned fixed it for me.

[ratal]

Thanks Brausepaul. Mark584, do you still have this issue ?

[ratal]

long time no feedback, seems fixed, closing