Hexadecimal Viewer

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A file can be viewed in the built-in Text/Hexadecimal viewer. Also, if the previewer cannot recognize the format of the file to be previewed, it will open the file in the Text/Hexadecimal viewer.

To view an object,

Right-click the object and select Hex View on the shortcut menu, or

Select the object and press the Ctrl+E keys.

ÜA Viewer panel will appear

Viewer panel panel

View the information

There are up to four tabs showing the data in different representations. Actual number of tabs depends on the object and property being viewed/edited.

Std

Exact attribute data. If the attribute is compressed, R-Undelete decompresses it prior to showing.

Unlimited

Exact attribute data + free space of last cluster. If the attribute is compressed, R-Undelete decompresses it prior to showing.

Direct

Actual data written on the disk. If the attribute is not compressed, it coincides with the Std representation.

Allocation

Resident part of the attribute.

You may select an area in the Viewer panel and save it as a file. Use your mouse or select Select... on the Tools menu to select the data.

Select Save to Binary File... or Save to Hexadecimal File on the File menu to save the selected data to the file.

To search for a particular string, click the Find, Find Next, or Find Previous buttons or the same items on the Edit menu, and specify the string on the Search dialog box.

Search dialog box

Search options

Search for

HEX

Field for the string to search for in the hexadecimal representation

ANSI

Field for the string to search for in the ANSI encoding

OEM

Field for the string to search for in the OEM encoding

UNICODE

Field for the string to search for in the UNICODE encoding

Match case

Select this check box to make the search case-sensitive

Search area

From current position

Select this check box to start search from the current position

From Address

Select this check box and specify the range in which the search is to be carried out

Search position

Exhaustive search

Select this check box to search the entire object

Search at offset

Select this check box and specify the offset from which the search will start

Reverse

Select this check box to start the search in the reverse direction