Hex Workshop v4.20

posted in Utility Release by spacetiger on Jan 4th, 2004

The excellent hex editor, Hex Workshop, can now be upgraded to version 4.20. Here are the changes:
    New Features
  • The Structure Viewer now supports 8, 16, 32 and 64 bit bitfields
  • Users can now specify the data type length when exporting data as C source or Java source
  • Hex Workshop can now be used to export data in the Base64 and UUEncoding formats
  • Users can now modify the starting offset and view file offsets in terms of bytes (default), number of words (bytes/2), or dwords (bytes/4)
  • Bookmarks are now easier to use and more useful
    • The Results Window has new "Output" tab to aid in development of structure definitions
  • The Structure Viewer's right-click popup menu now contains menu entries for "Copy" and "Edit"
  • The Export As dialog now contains a button to modify export preferences
  • F2 may now be used to begin editing the selected structure viewer value
  • Ctrl+C now copies values to the clipboard from the Data Inspector and Structure Viewer
    Bug Fixes
  • Hex Workshop's failure to read all sectors on large disks
  • Motorola S-Records were not imported correctly when records overlapped or records were out of order
  • Typo in ANSI character map
  • Failure of the delete key to remove the selected bookmark
  • Removed the left and right scroll buttons from the Data Inspector's and Results Window's tab control
  • Defaults file extensions were not applied when changing format types in the Export As dialog
  • Redraw problems when repositioning floating structures containing array elements
  • "Junk entires" are no longer left after collapsing some structure definitions
  • Structure Viewer parsing problems for "typedef enum"
  • Structure Viewer parsing/evaluation problems for signed and unsigned modifiers
Note that the program is not freeware, so you have to register if you want to use it for more than 30 days. We're offering this for download on the Hex Editors page.