Re: edit .bin

Dennis Pogson wrote...
> For a binary file, you would need a hex editor, available for downloading
> by
> Googling, but unless you are a trained programmer, it will be useless to
> you.

An excellent free hex editor is Frhed (FRee Hex EDitor!)

Whilst you don't actually need to be a "trained programmer" to make minor
edits, you MUST understand the format of the file you wish to edit otherwise
you are very likely to destroy the functionality of the file completely and
obviously you need to be fully familiar with binary data formats.

Hacking with a hex editor is only suitable for making minor changes -
anything more serious will require you to write an application to read and
rewrite the file and then of course you really do need to be a programmer!
Whatever you do ALWAYS make a copy of the file and work on that - NEVER hack
around with your only copy!

David


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