Insert Immediate Data

This command inserts a block of user-defined data at the specified position.

In most cases you will probably prefer to enter the data directly by typing them in the FlexHEX window, so on the first glance this command does not seem very useful. However you will find it very handy when the Repeat Count value is greater than one. In this case FlexHEX inserts the data repeatedly. For example, the following command will insert 1024 bytes AA at the address 0:

Depending in the current insertion mode, the Insert Immediate Data command either inserts or overwrites the existing data at the insert position.

The Insert Immediate Data command works slightly differently from the Insert Zero Block command. While in most cases you can use either command to insert a block of zero bytes, these commands works differently for sparse files. Insert Zero Block inserts sparse zeros, whereas Insert Immediate Data always inserts actual data occupying disk space.

The insertion address and the repeat count may be entered as a decimal or as a hexadecimal number. FlexHEX assumes the number is hexadecimal if it contains hexadecimal digits A to F. Otherwise it is treated according to the Dec/Hex selector.

Inserting ANSI or UNICODE Strings

Character strings can be inserted the same way as binary data, except you should use escape sequences to represent special or non-printable characters. Note however that the zero character is not allowed in strings because zero is interpreted as the string terminator.

Multi-byte values and UNCODE characters entered are interpreted according to the current byte order setting.