Re: File Examiner 1.1
- Posted by Kat <gertie at ZEBRA.NET> Mar 19, 2000
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----- Original Message ----- 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