Hex Compare Commands

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Following is a description of the Hex Compare commands, in addition to the common commands.  Most of these commands are available as toolbar buttons.

From the Tools menu, select Customize Commands to define your own keyboard shortcuts, and hide or expose commands on the menus and toolbars.

The Session menu:

Save Session

Saves the current session.

Save Session As

Saves the current session under a new name.

Session Settings

Opens the Hex Compare Session Settings dialog.

 

Clear Session

Replaces the current view with an empty Hex Compare.

Swap Sides

Exchanges the left and right files.

Reload Files

Reloads the displayed files.

Recompare Files

Recompares the displayed files without reloading.

Hex Compare Report

Produces the Hex Compare report.

Hex Compare Info

Displays comparison statistics.

 

Compare Files Using

Opens the displayed files in a new session using a different class of file viewer.

 

Compare Parent Folders

Opens a new Folder Compare session based on the parent folders of the currently loaded files.

The File menu:

Open File

Opens an existing file into the selected pane.

 

Open File on File System *

Opens an existing local file into the selected pane.

 

Open File on FTP Site *

Opens an existing file on an FTP site into the selected pane.

 

Open Clipboard

Loads the Clipboard contents into the selected pane.

 

Open with Text Edit

Opens the selected pane's file in the text editor.

 

Open With

Opens the selected pane's file in one of the external Open With applications.

 

Explorer

Displays the file manager's context menu for the file in the selected pane.

The Search menu:

Next Difference Bytes

Positions at next difference bytes.

Previous Difference Bytes

Positions at previous difference bytes.

Next Difference Files

Opens the parent folder session's next pair of files with differences.  (Child sessions only.)

Previous Difference Files

Opens the parent folder session's previous pair of files with differences.  (Child sessions only.)

Copy File to Right and Open Next Difference

Copies the entire left-side file to the right and opens the folder session's next different files.  (Child sessions only.)

Copy File to Left and Open Next Difference

Copies the entire right-side file to the left and opens the folder session's next different files.  (Child sessions only.)

Find

Searches for matching text.

Find Next

Finds next occurrence of search string.

Find Previous

Finds previous occurrence of search string.

Go To

Positions at specified byte.

The View menu:

Show All

Shows all items, with or without differences.

Show Differences

Shows only items with differences.

Show Same

Shows only items without differences.

Show None *

Hides all items.

 

Current Byte Address

Shows current byte address.

 

Little Endian Values

Lists values treating the first byte as the least significant one.

 

Big Endian Values

Lists values treating the first byte as the most significant one.

Byte Addresses

Shows or hides byte addresses.

Display Font *

Selects the font to use to display file data.

Side-by-side Layout

Arranges panes left and right of each other.

Over-under Layout

Arranges panes above and below each other.

Thumbnail View

Shows or hides the thumbnail summary of changes at left of view.

File Info

Shows or hides file information panels at the top of panes.

* Hidden by default.