How to display a binary file

Hello,
I am working on creating program that lets me display data I've collected and stored in a binary file. Here is the code (+pic of the program) for collecting and storing the data. Data will be recorded on multiple channels (possibly 4 channels). The program I've attached can display the data in real time as data is being collected. My issue is just to call back all the data and display it in a graph that shows all the data from all channels. I'm stuck on creating this display program. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
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Program.vi ‏190 KB
program1.JPG ‏91 KB

The way that data is stored in disk in LabVIEW is documented. Check out the waveform datatype in this help file.
I had a fairly indepth discussion about this with someone who wanted to use this to do a 'random access' read of the variant attributes of a waveform, without loading the whole thing.
It's fairly deep in the grass, but then again you are dealing with 1's and 0's
Regards,
Peter D

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