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[H.Seldon]

The /HEX parameter does not appear to be working. I can only load obvious binaries (e.g. .exe, .dll), which load in hex anyway without adding the /HEX parameter. I tried adding the parameter both before and after the file/files to be loaded. Am I doing something wrong? My aim is to be able to add this to the context menu, so I can right-click on a file and open it in the hex editor. It's annoying to have to use the "File/Open in Hex Editor" dialog and locate the file to load.

[Rickard Johansson]

I can't reproduce your issue. I have no problem with the /HEX switch.

What happens when you open a file using the /HEX switch?

[H.Seldon]

I can only open certain files in hex editor from command line. For example, .exe, .dll, .bpl. However, these files open in hex editor automatically, without the /hex switch. I thought the /hex switch would allow opening any file in hex editor. For example, if I specify, from the RJ TextEd folder, "texted readme.txt /hex", it loads the file in the normal editor as text instead of in the hex editor. So far, the only files I have been able to open in hex editor,from command line, are files that would open in hex editor automatically, withouit the switch.

Another example. From RJ TextEd folder I specify "texted help\texted.chm /hex" from command line. The file opens in the normal editor with control characters removed.

[Rickard Johansson]

You're right, there is something wrong in v6.0. But I couldn't reproduce it in the current version I'm working on. I may have fixed it a few weeks ago. I'll do some more testing just to be sure...

[H.Seldon]

O.K. Thanks again for all your hard work.

[Rickard Johansson]

It's been fixed.

You have to position the /HEX flag before the file name though. This because you can actually open files as both text and binary files.

E.g.

TextEd.exe Text01.txt /HEX Text02.txt

Text01.txt will be opened as a plain text file and
Text02.txt as a binary file.

[H.Seldon]

This is great! Thanks again!