Tools menu

This topic describes the commands in the tools menu. You can add custom tools to this menu by using the "Configure tools" command.

• Compare
• Scripts*
• Configure tools*
• Alternate data streams*
• Structure viewer
• Value editor
• Status window*
• Find editor*
• Position list
• Calculator
• Macro
• Execute script

Compare

The commands in the compare submenu allow you to compare the contents of the current editor data/selection to a file on disk and highlight the differences (showing different bytes in a user defined color in the editor).

• Compare to file: Select a file on disk and compare its data to the whole data in the active document. After comparison Tiny Hexer will tell you whether data and/or file sizes differ and colorize different bytes in the editor
• Compare selection to file: Select a file on disk and compare its data to the currently selected block in the active document
• Compare: Select another editor and compare its data to the whole data in the active document. After comparison Tiny Hexer will tell you whether data and/or file sizes differ, colorize different bytes in the editors and enable synchronization of the editors' views
• Compare selection: Select another editor and compare its data to the currently selected block in the active document
• Similarity comparison: Allows to compare two open files using a similarity algorithm. The Similarity comparison dialog is displayed to define the kind and grade of similarity.
• Previous: Select the previous block of differences. A block is a consecutive range of different bytes.
• Next: Select the following block of differences
• Reset: Reset comparison data (switch off)
• Highlight differences: Switch colorization of different bytes on or off

Scripts*

The scripts submenu lists all Tiny Hexer Scripts located in the <tiny hexer application directory>\scripts path, so you can quickly access utility scripts. Those scripts can additionally have their own icons defined (see scripts\copyhextoclipboard.mps for an example) and then they can be placed on the toolbar using the Customize toolbar dialog.

Configure tools*

Add custom commands to the tools menu by using the "Edit tools" dialog.

Alternate data streams*

Find and manage NTFS alternate data streams by using the "Alternate data streams" dialog.

Structure viewer

Show or hide the structure viewer, a tool that can help understanding the structure of a file by running a Tiny Hexer Script over the file data and displaying the structure in textual format (e.g. in C language "struct" format).

Value editor

Show or hide the value editor, a tool to edit single bits, bytes, words, long words, IEEE floating point numbers and more.

Status window*

Toggles the visibility of the Status window, a tool to quickly see the current data and other information in various data formats.

Find editor*

Toggles the visibility of the Editor finder, a tool to move between Tiny Hexer windows by entering the partial filename.

Position list

Show or hide the position list, a tool to store and display file positions for quick navigation.

Calculator

Show or hide the internal integer calculator.

Macro

The commands in the macro submenu allow you to record sequences of key presses and menu commands as Tiny Hexer scripts for later reuse.

• Record script: Start recording menu commands and key presses.
• Stop recording: Stops macro recording and allows you to save the recorded sequence to a file which can be executed later by the Execute script command.
• Pause: Temporarily interrupts recording of a macro. Use this command again to resume macro recording.

Execute script

Open and execute a Tiny Hexer Script.