FlexHEX Features

Allows editing of

• Files up to 8 exabytes long,
• NTFS multi-stream files,
• NTFS sparse files,
• OLE compound files,
• Files, locked by the system or by another application,
• Logical disks,
• Hard disks,
• Other types of physical drives such as flash cards,

Supported Data Types

• Main edit window: hex bytes, ANSI/MBCS text, UNICODE text,
• Hex bytes, words, doublewords, and quadwords,
• Unsigned and signed decimal, bytes, shorts, integers, and 64-bit integers,
• ANSI/MBCS and UNICODE strings,
• 64-bit FILETIME values,
• 64-bit floating point-based DATE type,
• 32-bit time_t type,
• 32-bit RGB values with alpha component,
• GUIDs (Globally Unique Identifiers),
• Support for big-endian byte order,

User-defined Data Types

• Structures, named and anonymous,
• Unions, named and anonymous,
• Named and anonymous bit structures for accessing bit-based fields,
• Fixed- and variable-size arrays,
• Fixed-size, variable-size, or zero-terminated ANSI and UNICODE strings,
• C-style enumerations,
• Special unused, align address, and align offset directives,
• User-defined types may be anchored to address (fixed), data (sticky), or to the input caret (floating).

Editing

• In-place hex, string, and UNICODE editing,
• Edit memory area as typed data,
• Data and objects Quick Viewer feature,
• Unlimited Undo and Redo; browsable Undo list,
• Original/modified/shifted area list,
• File and drive maps show modifications made to the stream,
• Multi-format data insert, including repetitive patterns,
• Sparse data block insert,
• Bitwise operations NOT, AND, OR, and XOR on the selected block,
• Arithmetic operations: negation, addition, substraction, multiplication, division, and remainder,
• Group arithmetic and logical shifts and bit rotates of the selected items,
• Data field definition and editing,
• Import and export of binary data,
• Creating compressed disk images and scrap files,
• Multi-format CSV (comma-separated values) import and export,

Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop

• Support for binary data and file copy/paste/drag-and-drop,
• ASCII, multi-byte (MBCS), and UNICODE data formats,
• Automatic binary-ASCII, binary-UNICODE, and ASCII-UNICODE conversion,
• Copy/paste and drag-and-drop of unlimited size,
• Copies the selected area as a typed value,
• Copies the selected area as text or HTML, ready to insert into a document or a Web page,
• Copies the selected area as a C#, C++, or a Delphi array,
• Inter-application (including the Windows Explorer) copy/paste/drag-and-drop,

Search, Replace, Comparison

• Multi-format Search feature,
• Multi-format Find All command,
• Multi-format Replace / Replace All commands,
• Multi-Search - single-pass search for multiple patterns,
• Scan for ANSI/MBCS or UNICODE strings,
• Scan for known GUIDs (COM class and interface IDs),
• Pattern coloring option (pattern autoload supported),
• Compare with a file, an alternate stream, a logical or a physical drive,
• Partial stream compare,
• Comparison maps provide a user-friendly representation of the comparison result.

Navigation

• Visual Studio style bookmarks,
• Direct browsing using Navigation Panes: Streams, Area, Bookmarks, Found data, and Compare,
• Direct browsing using Data Panes: Data Fields, ANSI/MBCS/UNICODE Strings, CLSIDs, and IIDs,
• Address/offset jumps,
• Unlimited jump history,

Other

• File / selected area printing,
• CRC-32, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 checksums,
• Cryptographically strong AES-based random number generator,
• Browsing of registered COM classes,
• Advanced calculator supporting binary and text drag-and drop,
• Customizable user tools menu,
• Fully customizable layout and colors,
• Byte order autoselection,
• Visual Studio -like customizable user interface including toolbars, menus, and keyboard shortcuts,
• Windows Explorer integration,
• Command-line interface,
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