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H E X E D I T / 2
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Version 1.04
An OS/2 Presentation Manager binary file editor.
Copyright (c) 1994 - 1996 Bennett C. Baker and B::Ware.
All rights reserved.
B::Ware
75 Greenlodge Street
Dedham, MA 02026
617-326-4719
Compuserve 70274,3147
Internet bcb@bware.com
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for evaluating HexEdit/2, a shareware OS/2 Presentation
Manager binary file editor from B::Ware. With HexEdit/2, you can view
and edit files in single or multibyte octal, decimal, or hexadecimal
binary representation. You can resize an existing file or allocate a
new file from scratch, and perform search and replace functions
forward or backward through the file. HexEdit/2 provides a full help
system as well as on-line documentation in the VIEW-compatible (.INF)
format.
LICENSE AGREEMENT
HexEdit/2 is shareware. You are free to use the program for a period
of 21 days for the purpose of evaluation. If you decide to continue
using the program after the 30 day evaluation period, you must
register it. To register, send $20 (US funds, please) to:
B::Ware
75 Greenlodge Street
Dedham, MA 02026
USA
You may make copies of this program and distribute them freely, as
long as you include all of the files that you originally received with
your shareware copy. When you give a shareware copy of this program
to another person, you agree to inform them that their copy is to be
used for a time limited evaluation period, and that they must register
their copy if they continue to use the program after the end of the
evaluation period. You may not sell or distribute this program for a
fee in excess of media costs and/or shipping charges actually incurred
in copying and distributing this program.
DISCLAIMER
IF USED IMPROPERLY, THIS PROGRAM IS CAPABLE OF DESTROYING ALL DATA ON
YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM. THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS-IS", WITH NO
WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS OF PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL
B::WARE OR BENNETT C. BAKER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
ARISING OUT OF USE OF THIS PROGRAM.
INSTALLATION
There are 7 files comprising the HexEdit/2 installation:
HEXEDIT2.EXE - the executable
HEXEDIT2.HLP - the on-line help file
HEXEDIT2.INF - the VIEWable primary documentation file
README.TXT - the README file (this file)
REGISTER.TXT - the registration form
HISTORY.TXT - the program's revision history
FILE_ID.DIZ - information for BBS systems
These files can go just about anywhere, with the caveat that the
HEXEDIT2.HLP file should be in either the HEXEDIT2.EXE directory or
one of the directories listed in the HELP environment variable.
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GETTING STARTED
The primary documentation file is HEXEDIT2.INF, readable with the OS/2
VIEW command.
HexEdit/2 can be opened from either the command line or as a WPS
Program Object. From the command line, it will accept a single
argument indicating the file to display for edit (additional command
line entries are ignored). As a WPS Program Object, you can open it
either by double-clicking on the Program Object icon or by dragging a
Data File Object onto the icon (rudimentary drag-n-drop).
If you don't want to edit an existing file, you can use the File
Allocate and File Resize menus to create a new buffer, which can then
be saved with the File Save As command.
Buffer display has 3 fields: File Offset, Binary Data, and ASCII data.
You can change the format of the File Offset field to octal, decimal,
or hexadecimal. You can use those same formats for the Binary Data
field, and you can also specify how many bytes (1, 2, or 4) are
contained in each entity of that field. Multi-byte displays use
little-endian format (like Intel and VAX processors).
A buffer is normally displayed in Read-Only mode, meaning that you
cannot edit it. To edit a buffer, select Options/ReadOnly to toggle
the Read-Only mode flag.
You can edit a file in either its Binary or ASCII fields. In the
Binary field, you use the 0-9 and A-F characters appropriate to the
selected display mode (for instance, you can't use the hexadecimal A-F
characters if the display mode is octal or decimal). In the ASCII
field, any typeable character is an editing character.
You can switch between Binary and ASCII fields with the TAB key, or by
positioning the mouse cursor on any character and clicking button 1.
You can perform Search or Search and Replace operations on data within
the buffer. Both Search and Replace strings can be ASCII strings or
sequences of octal, decimal, or hex digits.
You can also go to a specific file offset (specified in octal,
decimal, or hex) within the editing buffer.
HexEdit/2 allows you to use any of the fixed-pitch fonts available on
your OS/2 system, and will save your font selection for subsequent
use.
SUPPORT
Support for HexEdit/2 is provided on CompuServe in the OS2SHARE forum
(section 1 of the OS2BVEN forum). Address messages to Bennett C.
Baker, 70274,3147.
Internet users can send E-mail to 70274.3147@compuserve.com or
bcb@bware.com.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to:
Larry Waibel, who first got me interested in writing a PM binary
editor.
Dave Levitt, who published an extensive feature set wish list (I'm
getting there...).
Guy Scharf, who answered my questions about becoming a vendor on
OS2SHARE.
Special thanks to Rhonda, who put up with me while I was wrestling
with the innards of P.M. and the voluminous IBM documentation.
ABOUT B::WARE
B::Ware is a consulting firm with over 16 years experience in MS-DOS
and OS/2 applications and system development, Novell NetWare NLM and
driver development, real-time embedded systems hardware and software
development, and general telecomm and ISDN protocols and
implementations. If you think we can help you solve a problem, please
contact us at:
B::Ware
75 Greenlodge Street
Dedham, MA 02026
Voice/FAX (617)-326-4719
CompuServe 70274,3147
Internet bcb@bware.ultranet.com
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