Get your Hex on

Jeff Atwood

10 Sep 2004 — 1 min read — Comments

It’s kind of a specialized tool, but when you need it,* a hex editor is indispensable. I’ve used Hex Workshop since, geez, 1997! I recently purchased an upgrade to the latest version and I was pleased to see it’s still under very active development, with lots of great new features:

One of the more interesting new features is the structure viewer. I have a zip file open in the above screenshot; notice the zip file structure in the bottom left, with the filename highlighted. You can actually do in-place editing on the structures, and of course, define your own. There’s also a fairly sophisticated resynchronizing binary file comparison mode, too.

*I’m currently revisiting some MP3 ID3 tagging code; I need to look closely at the structure of the tags in the binary fine. Loverboy? Hey, I never said I had good taste in music.

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