HexEdit

Located in the Visual FoxPro Tools\Hexedit folder, Hexedit.app provides a way to examine address values, or examine or change byte and ASCII values of data in a file. HexEdit is a visual equivalent of the MS-DOS Debug program DUMP Command.

Caution   If you want to edit the file, make sure it is not in use or otherwise locked.

DO HEXEDIT.app 

When you choose a file, HexEdit displays a dialog box with the following control options.

Note   If you want to edit the file, make sure it is not in use or otherwise locked.

Dialog Options

  • Select File
    Displays the Open dialog box so you can change the current file.
  • Address
    Displays the file offset address of the first byte of data in a 16-byte block displayed in the next columns.
  • 0F
    Displays sixteen 2-digit numbers, representing the hexadecimal byte value in that file location.
  • Text
    Displays the ASCII representation of the byte value in the corresponding location in the byte value columns.
  • Save Edits
    Saves changes to the open file.
  • Undo Edits
    Discards all edits to the open file.
  • Find
    Enables you to specify a character to seek in the file. You can also choose to search forward or backward from anywhere in the file.
  • Jump
    Enables you to specify either a hexadecimal or decimal address to edit.
  • Close
    Closes HexEdit and the open file.

See Also

Addlabel.app | Analyzer.app | Transformer | Gendbc.prg | Cpzero.prg | Genhtml.prg | Utility programs | Visual FoxPro Key Codes