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.

Warning

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

DO HEXEDIT.app 

Remarks

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.

• 0...F
  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

Tasks

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Concepts

Code Analyzer

Reference

Gendbc.prg

Cpzero.prg

Genhtml.prg

Visual FoxPro Key Codes (API Library Construction)

Other Resources

Utility Programs