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Editing in binary view
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 11:40 am
by laetoli
When I try to edit a file in binary view, Textpad (v7.4.0 under Windows 8 ) tells me it's a read only file even though it isn't and prevents me from changing the bytes. I want to amend specific bytes in a specific but variable location. What can I do?
Thanks,
Paul
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 9:26 pm
by ak47wong
TextPad doesn't have the capability of editing binary files, hence the binary view is read-only. You'll need to use a separate hex editor, like one of
these.
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:06 am
by Ryck
ak47wong wrote:TextPad doesn't have the capability of editing binary files, hence the binary view is read-only. You'll need to use a separate hex editor, like one of
these.
Oh wow! After all these years I simply assumed that TP could edit files in binary view although I never had to use that (non existent) feature.
Learn something every day.
