Re: File Examiner 1.1
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From: "Everett Williams" <rett at GVTC.COM>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: File Examiner 1.1
> Well, this is the third time that I have tried to answer your post of your
new
> Examiner code, and my machine has hung up twice. Don't know the cause
> yet, but just for safety, I am not quoting you. Some stray character
> somewhere causing trouble...speaking of hex.
>
> The new version looks great and all works that didn't work before. Got
past
> the false file end and was able to look at files greater than 32k, though
it
> ain't speedy going from seg to seg. Now we get to the nitty gritty of
updating
> files in the raw. The reason I wanted a wider view was so that I could
> see ASCII strings in the binary. Also, many times when I have update
> instructions, they go like this. "Go to a particular hex offset in the
file and
> then go to the hex address you find at that offset." I can accomplish that
> with your program, but I will need a pencil and some time. We need the
> location and the content in hex as well as decimal and ASCII, both for
> information and for entry. There is plenty of room for more boxes on your
> current setup.
>
> I used to have to wade through 10-20 hex and EBCDIC(read ASCII for our
> purposes) dumps every morning on the way into my office and many of
> them were more than a half box of 11x14 paper. They used a format
> somewhat like the following...adjusted for narrower format.
>
> Address ....2 hex dwords.... ...ASCII...
>
> 00F8BCD0 30313233 34353637 0123 4567
> 00F8BCD8 00410042 43004445 .A.B C.DE
>
> where the dots represented non-printing hex combinations. Needless to say,
> the decimal address in a situation like this is basically irrelevant. Now,
as
> my cursor moves across one of these sets, a highlight should move across
> the other set. The cursor should be able to tab between the sets. As the
> cursor moves, the decimal can appear in one of your windows. It would even
> work if multiple bytes could be updated at once by entering decimal
triplets
> delimited by a space... 048 049 , but I would really want to be able to
make
> ASCII and especially hex changes also. You might even put in a binary
> window for those who need to change bits in a map. Anyway, just my
> suggestions. It looks a lot better and is functional.
Reminds me of Xtree, which still use, i was using it this morning to rename
advert.dll. I keep these old dos apps around just so i can break the panes
in windoze, lol.
Kat
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