HEX EDITOR

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HEX EDITOR

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can someone give me a quick rundown of how to use a hex editor? i know hexidecimal, but the editor is just a little confusing for me...the one im using is XVI32 version 2.4.0.0 anybody know?
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Re: HEX EDITOR

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XVI32 is good. easy to use and its fast too (can replace a hex or text string 100 times faster than other hex editors ive tried).
What do you want to do with it exactly ?

as you said you know HEX, so i assume you know how it goes (0123456789ABCDEF). so 10 in dec is A in HEX ..etc.
That's actually pretty much it. You can open files in HEX editor and edit them there. if data is not in a readable format, then you pretty much can't read it.
If you have a editable file in some game or other program, then usually it can be only edited with HEX, because using a text editor would mess it up (text editor does not reconize half of values, but HEX simply shows them in HEX). I have made a lil example screenshot of HEX Editor with few comments.

For example if you open text file in hex, you will be able to replace "Space" (HEX value 20) with "new line" (HEX value 0D 0A), which you can't do in any text editor (at least i don't know any, exept some word counters..etc)
If you are using a memory hex editor (like Tsearch) then you can also view data as Float (float type holds negative values aswell values like 1.2 1.003 ..etc)
This is just general about HEX. if you need something specific then add some details.
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