Post by thread:[ot] BMP data

Thanks to all who answered the query on BMP data. Is there any software around that allows you to read these file types as a Hex dump? I though PFE might have done this, but it doesn't appear to. Tony Just when I thought I knew it all, I learned that I didn't.

TONY NIXON 54964 wrote: > > Thanks to all who answered the query on BMP data. > > Is there any software around that allows you to read these file types > as a Hex dump? I though PFE might have done this, but it doesn't > appear to. > I just loaded a BMP file into UltraEdit-32 and was able to hex edit. Full details: UltraEdit-32 Professional Text/HEX Editor http://www.idmcomp.com/ There is a shareware version that (I think) is not crippled in any way. I was so impressed with it that I registered it (about US $45) before the suggested 45 days was up. --Matt

On Thu, 9 Oct 1997 15:54:51 +1000 TONY NIXON 54964 <spam_OUTTony.nixonTakeThisOuTENG.MONASH.EDU.AU> writes: >Thanks to all who answered the query on BMP data. > >Is there any software around that allows you to read these file types >as a Hex dump? I though PFE might have done this, but it doesn't >appear to. > >Tony > > >Just when I thought I knew it all, >I learned that I didn't. > Look for a shareware product on the web called "Hexworks". It has hex viewing of files and sector by sector of disks. Jeff

Jeff Scholz wrote: > Look for a shareware product on the web called "Hexworks". > It has hex viewing of files and sector by sector of disks. If THAT's all you want to do, then my way is to use XTREE GOLD of which I purchased a genuine copy years ago and (it is not the latest) still use as my "workhorse" under WIN95. If the Explorer does half the things that XTG can do, then for some reason I sure haven't found out how, and it must be pretty hard to do, so I just stick with XTG. Hex editing of files is great. No, it doesn't do sector editing (however Norton's does) but do you REALLY want that? The last time I used that was for digging a virus out of a partition table. I have managed however to figure how WIN95 long file names work, FWIW. Cheers, Paul B.