Re: Binary Editor

Do you think something like Win Hex will work for you ... Its not free though
.... but does allow a free version for viewing files and supports big files also.

http://www.sf-soft.de/winhex/index-m.html

Anurag

"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:ah5lt9$fp0$1_at_lust.ihug.co.nz...
> On second thoughts, I think I should be clearer on the required
> specifications!
>
> I currently use something called eHex (at www.etree.com), which does fine
> for poking inside a control file and the occasional archive. But it throws
a
> wobbly trying to load a 20Mb datafile -which I don't consider excessive in
> size, and thus don't think acceptable.
>
> So I was after a hex editor that could cope with binary files in the 10 to
> 50Mb range. Preferably with nice 'file-open' dialogues and a lovely
Windows
> interface!!
>
> From my trips to the web, I'm beginning to get the feeling that there is
no
> such beast, but I'd like to be proved very, very wrong (yeah, I know I
could
> dump datafiles, but I don't want to if I can help it).
>
> Regards
> HJR
>
>
> "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:ah5ko3$elu$1_at_lust.ihug.co.nz...
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > Thanks for the tip. But not *exactly* what I was after.... naff DOS
> > interface, only uses 640K of conventional memory, has trouble opening a
> 5Mb
> > datafile, etc etc etc.
> >
> > So, yup.. I need a tool "like" BEdit, but which most definitely isn't
> BEdit!
> >
> > (Seriously: thanks for taking the time to reply, but I seem to need
> > something a little more capable).
> >
> > Regards
> > HJR
> >
> >
> > "Peter van Rijn" <p.vanrijn_at_rm-this.zhew.nl> wrote in message
> > news:ujcju978de4c88_at_corp.supernews.com...
> > > Howard,
> > >
> > > During the time I spent with Oracle there used to be a sort of
home-made
> > > tool specifically designed to edit database files, created by a
Spanish
> or
> > > Portuguese colleague. It's not a tool you can call Support for, but
> > perhaps
> > > I still have a copy at home.
> > >
> > > Another options is a tool like BEdit:
> > >
> > > http://www.simtel.iif.hu/pub/pd/41243.html
> > >
> > > but I must admin I never used it myself.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> schreef in bericht
> > > news:ah5ff4$6fp$1_at_lust.ihug.co.nz...
> > > > You'll have to forgive a humble Windows user, but I would like to be
> > > > referred to an editor which runs on Windows, but lets you monkey
> around
> > > with
> > > > binary data, and doesn't display it as a bunch of Euro symbols,
black
> > > dots,
> > > > and assorted text-based mish-mash.
> > > >
> > > > I'm experimenting with poking around inside an archive log, a data
> file
> > > and
> > > > so on, and would like a suggestion as to the best Windows (XP)
editor
> to
> > > use
> > > > for the occasion.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > HJR
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Thu Jul 18 2002 - 01:39:51 CDT