Hex Workshop v6.7.3, the Professional Hex Editor Copyright 1995-2012 BreakPoint Software, Inc. 32/64 bit version - hw_v673.exe -[ Description ]-------------------------------------------------------- The Hex Workshop Hex Editor by BreakPoint Software is a complete set of hexadecimal development tools for Microsoft Windows 2000 and later. Hex Workshop integrates advanced binary editing and data interpretation and visualization with the ease and flexibility of a modern word processor. With the Hex Workshop, you can edit, cut, copy, paste, insert, fill and delete binary data. You can also work with data in its native structure and data types using our integrated structure viewer and smart bookmarks. Data editing is quick and easy with our extensive features that allow you to: jump to file or sector location, find or replace data, perform arithmetic, bitwise, and logical operations, binary compare files, generate checksums and digests, view character distributions and export data to RTF or HTML for publishing. Hex Workshop includes a Sector Editor with disk imaging tools, a Base Converter for converting between hex, decimal and binary data types, a Hex Calculator supporting arithmetic and bitwise operations, an expression calculator supporting variables, conditionals, iteration and arithmetic and bitwise operations, and a data visualizer designed to help you visually identify patterns and interesting data from rendered images. Also included is our Data Inspector that allows you to quickly edit and view data in decimal, floating point or time and date representations. The Hex Workshop Hex Editor v6.7 or lower is available at a retail price of $89.95 (with volume and academic discounts and site licenses available). For more information, visit the Hex Workshop web site at http://www.hexworkshop.com or send e-mail inquiries to sales@bpsoft.com. Key Features: - Rich Feature Set - Highly Customizable User Interface - Data Interpretation, Visualization and Parsing - Integrated Binary Comparison Rich Feature Set ---------------- Hex Workshop features a broad and powerful set of features ranging from the ability to color map data sequences to the interpretation of data though our integrated structure viewer and smart bookmarks. Our many features include: binary data editing, importing and exporting blocks of data, searching for data by hex strings, text, Unicode, bitmasks, or decimal values, viewing character distributions, sector editing, embedded data operations, binary file comparison, and import/export capabilities. Highly Customizable User Interface ---------------------------------- Hex Workshop allows users to customize the look of the main editor window through user definable color settings for the data and backgrounds and also through the ability to define how and what data will be displayed. Users can adjust the grouping of hex data, the number of bytes display per line, offset lengths, offset bases, etc. Panels can be docked or pinned to maximize your editing workspace. Integrated tools allow users to color code and tag data within the editor. For example, while viewing a structure in Hex Workshop, users are able to color graphically see the data ranges of structure members. All color coding is user definable. Data Interpretation, Visualization and Parsing ---------------------------------------------- Four integrated tools are available to help parse and combine data within Hex Workshop. 1) The Structure Viewer applies C-style structures to data within the editor and allows the user to visually view and edit that data. 2) Smart Bookmarks allow users to add bookmarks to a file with functions, mathematical operations, and data types. Users can view and edit both the bookmark and the bookmark's value. 3) Color maps allow users to apply color attributes to hex sequences or character ranges to help identify data within a file. 4) The Data Visualizer allows users to apply color palettes to their data to help identify patterns. Integrated Binary Comparison ---------------------------- Integrated resynchronizing binary comparisons allow users to compare binary files and review each difference. Starting offsets, lengths, and compare parameters, and color renderings are all user-definable. -[ Specifications ]----------------------------------------------------- - Microsoft Windows 2000 or later. - Administrative access for installation, registration, and sector editing. - 1 GHz x86 processor - 512 MB of system memory - 35 MB of available disk space -[ Changes ]------------------------------------------------------------ Hex Workshop v6.7 features enhanced character set and code page support across the application, structure viewer enhancements, and usability and stability improvements. Hex Workshop v6.6 includes: wildcard hex searching, more versatile use of the find results windows (such as the bulk applying bookmarks and structures), defining search ranges, smart default selection when adding structures, structure library reloading and greater export capabilities. Hex Workshop v6.5 includes: the ability to define functions within structure libraries that automatically parse some file formats, an expression calculator for C-style expressions and data manipulation, a data visualizer to help locate patterns with document data, a plug-in API and many small enhancements. For a complete list of new features and product enhancements, see the "history.txt" file located in the installation directory or visit us online at http://www.hexworkshop.com/version_history.html. -[ Upgrade Notes ]------------------------------------------------------ Upgrading from Hex Workshop v6.5 and v6.6 ----------------------------------------- Hex Workshop v6.7 will import most user settings from v6.x if users allow the Hex Workshop installer to uninstall Hex Workshop v6.x (i.e. do not uninstall it first). Alternatively, users can export their settings from Hex Workshop v6.x ("All Settings" from Preferences) and import their settings into Hex Workshop v6.7 The following settings are not migrated as part of installation: - Auto-loaded Structure Libraries - Bookmark file associations - Version Check settings Upgrading from Hex Workshop v6.0 -------------------------------- Hex Workshop v6.6 will import most user settings from v6.0 if users allow the Hex Workshop installer to uninstall Hex Workshop v6.0 (i.e. do not uninstall it first) or if users select a Side-By-Side install. The following settings are not migrated as part of installation: - Auto-loaded Structure Libraries - Docking window positions and state - Bookmark file associations - Version Check settings Upgrading from Hex Workshop v5.0 or earlier ------------------------------------------- Settings and options are not migrated forward for earlier versions of Hex Workshop. Side-By-Side Installation Option -------------------------------- The Hex Workshop installer includes an option to install Hex Workshop v6.7 alongside another Hex Workshop installation (Side-By-Side install). However, we discourage users from installing multiple versions of Hex Workshop as the right-click content menu and Microsoft privilege escalation (used for sector editing under Vista and later) will no longer work for the previous version and may reset when switching between versions. A reboot is required after a Side-By-Side installation. No-cost Upgrade Eligibility --------------------------- With Hex Workshop v6.0, BreakPoint Software moved to a maintenance policy which requires a contract for upgrade entitlements. Users purchasing Hex Workshop v6.0 or higher are entitled to a 1 year maintenance period after their purchase. Please visit: http://www.bpsoft.com/support/ and follow the link for "Maintenance Status" to check your eligibility for a no-cost upgrade. Customers within a maintenance period can upgrade to Hex Workshop v6.7 at no cost. Links for discounted upgrades and maintenance extensions are also provided. NOTE: Users may need to re-enter their registration unlocking key and re-download a new license for their upgrade to Hex Workshop v6.7 Structure Library Changes ------------------------- Hex Workshop v6.5 and later defines the following keywords as basic types: Byte, UByte, Word, UWord, DWord, UDWord, QWord, UQWord, HalfFloat If users have defined these types within their Structure Libraries, they must undefined them or change the type names. Please see Hex Workshop's online help for a complete list of reserved words and symbols. -[ More Info ]---------------------------------------------------------- Check out our WWW Home Pages, http://www.bpsoft.com http://www.hexworkshop.com for the latest Hex Workshop information (including new version announcements and betas) and to join the Hex Workshop Mailing List. -[ Unlocking ]---------------------------------------------------------- Unlocking Hex Workshop: Hex Workshop can be unlocked from the Hex Workshop About Box (located under the Help|About Hex Workshop Menu) by clicking the "Register" button. -[ Distribution ]------------------------------------------------------- You may copy and distribute the unmodified demonstration version of this software in electronic form. You are prohibited from charging for or distributing this software with other products (commercial or otherwise) without the expressed permission of BreakPoint Software, Inc. -[ Contacting Us ]------------------------------------------------------ Please direct any inquiries to BreakPoint Software: Internet: info@bpsoft.com Web: http://www.bpsoft.com http://www.hexworkshop.com Hex Workshop v6.5 or lower can be ordered for $89.95. See the "OrderNow.html" file located in your installation directory, or visit http://www.hexworkshop.com/ordering for more information.