I have flat files that are supplied to an application that occasionally have
non-printable characters (such as "low values"). I'd like to open these text
files in a hex editor, which notepad is obviously not one.

Does anyone know of a decent free hex editor?

DevStudio comes with a built in hex-editor. (It's not free, but I assume you
have it anyways as you post in a dotnet ng.)

Niki

"Tom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I have flat files that are supplied to an application that occasionally
have
> non-printable characters (such as "low values"). I'd like to open these
text
> files in a hex editor, which notepad is obviously not one.
>
> Does anyone know of a decent free hex editor?
>
>

Tom wrote:
> Does anyone know of a decent free hex editor?

Yes: XVI32 <http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm>

--
Konrad -
http://madrat.net/

Where is it?

"Niki Estner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> DevStudio comes with a built in hex-editor. (It's not free, but I assume
you
> have it anyways as you post in a dotnet ng.)
>
> Niki
>
> "Tom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:u%23m%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have flat files that are supplied to an application that occasionally
> have
> > non-printable characters (such as "low values"). I'd like to open these
> text
> > files in a hex editor, which notepad is obviously not one.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a decent free hex editor?
> >
> >
>
>

In VStudio 6, there's a combobox in the open-file-dialog "open as";
In newer versions, there is a little drop-down-arrow on the right of the
open button - use the "open as" item, select "binary".

Niki

"Tom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Where is it?
>
> "Niki Estner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > DevStudio comes with a built in hex-editor. (It's not free, but I assume
> you
> > have it anyways as you post in a dotnet ng.)
> >
> > Niki
> >
> > "Tom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > news:u%23m%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I have flat files that are supplied to an application that
occasionally
> > have
> > > non-printable characters (such as "low values"). I'd like to open
these
> > text
> > > files in a hex editor, which notepad is obviously not one.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of a decent free hex editor?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>