Hex Editor Neo Version History

Version 7.46.00.8715

Released on 7/8/2024
Latest Version

Release Changes

Updated Features

Support for 0 and 1 last recently used documents
The editor now allows setting the "Last recently used documents to display" option value to 0 or 1 (previously, 2 was the minimum allowed value).
NTFS structure definition update
The definition of an NTFS volume structure has been updated.

Bug Fixes

Built-in types parsing in Kaitai structures fixed
This release fixes parsing of built-in types in Kaitai structure definition files. It also fixes visualization of floating-point types in Kaitai.
65xx disassembler does not work
This release fixes a regression in a previous build: 65xx disassembler now works correctly.

Version 7.45.00.8708

Released on 6/5/2024

Release Changes

New Features

New "Clear Comparison Results" command

A new command has been added to the File Comparison tool window toolbar.

Bookmark group reordering added
The user may now reorder bookmark groups.
Bookmarks CSV export and import added
It is now possible to export bookmarks into CSV file and import them back.

Updated Features

Cursor is moved to the first non-matching block after file comparison
After File Comparison is completed, cursor in both documents is moved to the first non-matched block.
Various improvements to the Bookmarks tool window

A number of different improvements and fixes have been implemented in Bookmarks tool window, thanks to customer reports.

Added presets for bookmarks colors
The user may now create presets for bookmark colors and re-use them for other bookmark groups.

Bug Fixes

Character typing is broken in UTF-16 mode
Attempting to type characters when UTF-16 encoding is active fails.
When the editor is UNICODE (UTF-16), encoding name in pattern window is garbled
Application incorrectly displayed current encoding name in a pattern window (Find, Replace and other windows).
Fixed Data Annotation and Bookmarks overlapping colors
It was difficult to combine data annotations and bookmarks in the same document. This has been improved.
Error pasting numbers with thousand separators into numeric fields
It is now possible to paste numbers with thousand separators into various numeric fields in the application.
Broken data annotation stream leads to a crash
Opening a file with broken data annotation stream caused the editor to crash.
"-reset" command line parameter did not work as expected
Now it correctly restores application configuration to the default state.
Incorrect displaying of floating-point values in search patterns
Entering floating-point values as a search pattern was difficult due to the internal bug.
Pasting floating-point values does not work in the editor
An issue has been fixed that prevented floating-point values from being pasted correctly.
Leading zero is not displayed in a checksum
Checksum results are now correctly formatted.
Checksum calculation causes crash on ARM64
This bug affected several checksum algorithms on ARM64.
Statistics heat map is empty on ARM64
An issue that prevented the heat map from showing on ARM64 has been fixed.
Structure Viewer list position reset after document edit
Structure Viewer now tries to preserve the current cursor position when structure is bound to the document and that document is being edited.

Version 7.41.00.8634

Released on 12/18/2023

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Crash when opening process window
The application could crash or hang when a running process window was opened.

Version 7.40.00.8622

Released on 11/24/2023

Release Changes

New Features

Added new option to force application into Dark or Light theme
A new option has been added (Tools » Settings » General) which allows the user to force the Hex Editor Neo into Dark or Light color theme. The default mode remains to follow the system setting.

Updated Features

Improved dark mode and localization support
Hex Editor Neo no longer uses standard system message box windows, as they do not support dark theme and do not support localization. New custom windows are now used instead with full support for dark theme, custom color themes and also feature localized buttons.

Bug Fixes

Reset Settings command does not work
Regression in the previously released version broke the Tools » Settings » Settings, Reset Settings command.
Modifying nibbles does not mark the document as modified
Fixed a bug when modifying only part of a cell (nibble) did not mark the document as modified.
Crash in Replace/Replace All commands in regular expressions mode
Application could crash during execution of Replace and Replace All commands when both search and replace patterns were regular expressions.
File Comparison Filter window does not allow entering hexadecimal values
You may now use hexadecimal numbers when entering filter expressions.
Reset sorting in File Comparison window
Column sort order may now be toggled between ascending, descending and "no sort" modes.

Version 7.37.00.8578

Released on 9/6/2023

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Crash when unsaved documents are compared
Hex Editor Neo could crash when File Compare function was used on unsaved documents.
Hang or crash when binding structure to cursor location
Application could hang or crash after binding a structure to a cursor location and moving the cursor.
Background and text colors are mixed up in Pattern Coloring window
Now the text and background can be configured correctly.
Fixed structure definitions sync with Github repo
It was sometimes impossible to download updates to structure definitions.

Version 7.35.00.8564

Released on 7/13/2023

Release Changes

Updated Features

Editing of autobinding schemes
It is now possible to edit the autobinding scheme configuration.
Updates to "Convert to Selection" File Compare function
The function now takes into account currently configured filters.
Updated new structure definition template
The default boilerplate for a new structure definition file has been updated.
Improved startup and overall performance
An update to a number of key components resulted in startup and overall application performance improvements.

Bug Fixes

Crash in Structure Viewer
Hex Editor Neo could crash when trying to compile some structure definition files.
Typo in zip.h structure definition header
The wrong field name has been fixed in zip.h structure definition header.
Fixed online Structure Definition repository integration
This release fixes a broken integration with an online Structure Definition repository.

Version 7.31.00.8528

Released on 4/28/2023

Release Changes

Updated Features

Table results sorting in Statistics
Table sorting in Statistics has been improved: sorting direction is now displayed in the header and the selected item position is preserved.
Slow application shutdown
This release improves an application shutdown time, which affected some systems.

Bug Fixes

Various Structure Viewer bugs

This release fixes a number of Structure Viewer bugs, including

  • Crash when trying to update structure definitions from web
  • Unable to remove files from Structure Library
  • Unable to execute the JavaScript code blocks inside structure definition files in some circumstances
  • Structure Viewer's cursor position is restored when document is switched

There are also several bug fixes related to Kaitai Struct support:

  • Expand All now works for Kaitai
  • Import file resolving has been fixed
  • Memory leak on 32-bit OS has been fixed
File comparison does not work when invoked from Shell
File comparison does not work correctly when invoked from Shell with two Intel HEX (or Motorola S Records) files selected.
File comparison results are not cleared
File comparison results are now cleared if any of the compared documents is closed.
Crash in NTFS Streams
An editor could crash if the last line in NTFS Streams window is double-clicked.
Incorrect stream enumeration
NTFS streams enumeration for a selected file now works correctly.
Bugs in Statistics
  • Hitting Refresh button could sometimes crash the editor.
  • Trying to calculate Pattern Statistics with a large number of blocks could crash the editor.

Version 7.30.00.8482

Released on 4/2/2023

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Several bugs fixed
A number of reported and internally discovered bugs were fixed.

Version 7.25.03.8473

Released on 3/3/2023

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

UTF-8 rendering bug
Text Pane incorrectly displayed text near the end of the document when encoding was set to UTF-8.
Text paste in UTF-8 mode might not work
It was sometimes impossible to paste text in Text Pane when encoding was set to UTF-8.

Version 7.25.02.8467

Released on 3/1/2023

Release Changes

Updated Features

Added "Copy as Big-Endian" button to Checksum Result window
The result of some checksum algorithms may now be copied in both little-endian and big-endian formats.

Bug Fixes

Crash when searching backwards
The editor could crash when searching for a pattern backwards.

Version 7.25.01.8458

Released on 2/20/2023

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Broken checksum results in Checksum Result window
Checksum Result window displayed incorrect results for some algorithms.

Version 7.25.00.8449

Released on 1/21/2023

Release Changes

Below is the list of bug fixes and updates in this release:

Disassembler

  • Disassembler now supports disassembling an arbitrary data block in any loaded document. A customer may now specify locations of differrent code tables and offsets to improve disassembler quality (PE and ELF modules are still automatically decoded).
  • Last used assembler engine is now saved.

Fixed Bugs

  • Module's exported functions are processed if the module is mapped in a process and opened in Disassembler in case symbols for the module cannot be located.

Working with Processes

  • Improved sorting quality in process window: process name case is now ignored when sorting. Affects both Process List and Process Window.
  • The recent update introduced automatic coloring of memory regions in an editor window. This release makes this coloring configurable through the corresponding option in Settings (General Page).

Fixed Bugs

  • Fixed broken saving of changes to the running processes memory.

Structre Viewer

  • Added support for the following integer types: long long, signed long long and unsigned long long.
  • _SVC_VER macro value increased to 0x702.

Fixed Bugs

  • Reloading structure definition unbinds structure from all non-active documents.
  • Fixed several parsing errors near integer types. For example, a following text resulted in parsing error: char shortName;.

File Comparison

Fixed Bugs

  • Recent update added new commands to the File Comparison tool window toolbar. However, if that update was installed as an upgrade, new commands did not automatically appear on a toolbar. This release fixes it.

Other Bug Fixes

  • Fixed clipped labels in Statistics tool window on high DPI displays.
  • Fixed crash after pressing Reset All button on the Themes settings page in certain situations.
  • Fixed losing focus after changing custom CRC parameters.
  • Fixed broken switching between auto-hidden tool windows.

Version 7.21.00.8382

Released on 12/17/2022

Release Changes

New Features

Working with Processes

A live view on the running processes is now provided in the Processes Tool Window. Advanced commands are available using the new Process Window: the user can create and manage process memory snapshots, open process or snapshot memory for viewing/editing, start built-in disassembler for a specific module mapped into process address space or launch external debugger for any process snapshot.

Memory contents of two process snapshots may be compared using the improved File Compare feature.

Full programming access is provided for this new feature, allowing the user scripts (or macros) to work with running processes, snapshots and their memory.

Updated Features

Improved File Comparison

The File Comparison feature has been improved:

  • The user may now apply filters and sort the results of file comparison.
  • New difference algorithm has been added.
  • The feature is now integrated with new Process Window feature: the user may now compare memory of two process snapshots.

Bug Fixes

Fixed horizontal scrolling in Disassembler View
Horizontal scrolling in the disassembler window has been fixed.
Portable mode fixed

This release fixes portable mode:

  • Portable mode selected during setup is now correctly handled by the application.
  • All application settings are stored in settings file in application startup folder if application is installed in portable mode.
  • Default locations of language packs folder and structure definition folder are now relative to application startup folder in portable mode.
  • Reset settings command now works correctly in all modes.
Fixed horizontal scrolling in editor window
Editor window horizontal scroll bar is now correctly scaled after resizing.
Data Inspector toolbar customization
Data Inspector tool window toolbar is now customizable.

Version 7.09.01.8132

Released on 10/2/2022

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Localization issues
Several localization-related issues have been fixed.

Version 7.09.00.8122

Released on 10/1/2022

Release Changes

New Features

Improved disassembler

The built-in disassembler has been updated, bringing support for new architectures. The full list of supported architectures: x86, x86/x64, MSIL, ARM, ARM64, MIPS, PowerPC, Sparc, SystemZ, XCore, 68K, TMS320C64x, 680X, MOS65XX and RISC-V.

It now also automatically decodes executable files in ELF format, in addition to previously supported PE format.

Online structure definition repository

Structure Viewer may now automatically synchronize the structure definition library with an on-line Github repository. Users may submit pull requests with corrections and additions to the repository.

Updated Features

Improved multi-monitor support
This release fixes incorrect behavior in multi-monitor configurations, especially when monitors with different DPI settings were used. Hex Editor Neo now also supports dynamic DPI changes without the need of restarting.

Bug Fixes

Several bugs fixed
A number of reported and internally discovered bugs were fixed.

Version 7.05.00.7974

Released on 9/5/2022

Release Changes

New Features

ARM64 Support
This release adds support for ARM64 CPUs. Windows 10 on ARM64 and Windows 11 on ARM64 are supported.

Version 7.03.00.7939

Released on 8/10/2022

Release Changes

New Features

"Compare with Hex Editor Neo" Windows Explorer context menu command
If two files are selected in Windows Explorer, a new command "Compare with Hex Editor Neo" is displayed in Windows Explorer's context menu.

Bug Fixes

Hang during save
Application could hang while saving changes made to the file.
Several issues with Kaitai struct fixed
Several issues in Kaitai Struct parsing have been identified and fixed.
Crash on startup
Application could crash on startup if installed in non-empty folder.

Version 7.02.01.7905

Released on 8/4/2022

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Crash on opening file from snapshot
Hex Editor Neo crashes on attempt to open a locked file from a snapshot.

Version 7.02.00.7896

Released on 8/2/2022

Release Changes

New Features

Windows 11 New Explorer context menu
Hex Editor Neo now integrates with new Windows 11 Explorer's context menu.

Updated Features

File Comparison colors are now in Theme
File Compare colors are now included into the global color theme and are managed in a central location in Themes settings page.

Bug Fixes

Crash on non-updated Windows 10 installation
Free edition could crash on startup on older builds of Windows 10.
Clicking on color wheel does not work
Clicking on color wheel in order to select a color in Themes settings page does not work.
Crash on invalid HEX color value
Application crashed when invalid value was entered into the color HEX box.
Document window not updated on Replace
Document window was not updated during the Replace operation.
Crash on document read errors
Application could crash if attempt to read document data failed.
Find in Files result activation issue
Already opened file is not activated when double-clicked in Find in Files.
Invalid data read from volume
Hex Editor Neo could display garbage data for unallocated regions when volume was opened in snapshot mode.
Hex Editor Neo stays minimized when file is opened from Explorer
If Hex Editor Neo was minimized at the time the user selects the "Edit with Hex Editor Neo" command in Explorer's context menu, it stayed minimized.
Crash while working with Kaitai definition files
Some Kaitai definition files could cause the application to crash.
Possible crash on document close.
Application could crash in rare cases after closing a document.
Crash in Find in Files
Find in Files operation could crash in some cases during search operation if the "Include Streams" option was turned on.

Version 7.01.00.7839

Released on 6/23/2022

Release Changes

This is a new major version release that brings a lot of new features and improvements.

Essential Updates

This version features a complete redesign of the application, bringing new visual styles for menus, toolbars, tool windows and completely refreshed icon set. Application now has full support for high-definition displays.

Color themes provide the way to set colors of each visual element. The default, “automatic” color theme automatically adapts to current OS visual settings, and fully supports Windows 11 Dark Mode.

New version provides completely new implementation of the editor window. It features modern graphics and text rendering technologies and provides best visual quality with the help of GPU.

New Features

Macros

Several internal application components now expose programming interfaces, allowing the internal scripts that use them to be created, edited directly in Hex Editor Neo and executed. The built-in debugger is provided to simplify script development.

Named macros may be associated with scripts and executed on demand.

Multiple cursors
Editor windows now support the concept of multiple cursors, allowing the user to add additional cursors providing multiple editing locations for various editor commands, including typing and Clipboard.
New sample structures
Structure Viewer sample structure set has been extended with new structures for QOI, MessagePack and webp formats.
Support for Kaitai structures
Structure Viewer now natively supports Kaitai structure definitions.
Data Annotations
The user may now provide text annotations or comments for various document positions or ranges. These annotations are stored with the document and displayed in the editor window.
Tool window toolbar customization
The user may now customize the toolbar of any tool window, in addition to main window toolbars.
Updated Settings Page
This release features an updated Settings page with improved page layout and built-in Search. The search function provides localized search support if corresponding language pack is installed.
Updated file opening behavior
The File » Open » Open File… command now automatically selects the way to open a file depending on its extension. By default, it opens .ts, .js files as scripts, .hex files as Intel HEX and .s19, .s28 and .s37 as Motorola S-Records files. Other files are opened for binary editing. The user has an option to override the default behavior by choosing the corresponding file type in the Open File Window.

Updated Features

Improved search in process
When searching for the pattern in an opened process, only allocated regions are now searched.
Structure Viewer enhancements
using declaration may be used to create type aliases, in addition to previously supported typedef declaration.
New File Systems support in Volume Navigator
Volume Navigator now natively supports FAT, FAT32, ExFAT and CDFS file systems in addition to previously supported NTFS file system.
New checksum algorithms
FNV-1, FNV-1a and FNV-1 with custom parameters have been added to the list of supported checksum algorithms.
Editor window layouts
Custom editor window layouts are now associated with a specified regular expression that matches the full document path, not the individual document, as previously.
Improved HEX files support
Previously, the File » Open » Open Hex… command was implemented by creating a new document and executing the Edit » Insert Hex… command. The user then had to use the Advanced Copy & Export function if he wanted to save the changes back to the HEX file. Now the editor opens such files directly. If the user saves changes made to a HEX file, editor uses the original file format. The user also has an option to change the output format using the File » Save As… command. In addition, the File » New » New Intel Hex and File » New » New Motorola S-Records commands may be used to create empty HEX files.

IMPORTANT: Upgrading to this release will require the license upgrade as well. Existing users with Lifetime Upgrades will need to download new license file.

Version 6.54.03.7295

Released on 4/28/2022

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Hang in Open Physical Disk command
An application may hang trying to open a physical disk.

Version 6.54.02.6790

Released on 7/2/2021

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Unable to install the product on Windows 11
This release fixes installer incompatibility with Windows 11.
Crash in Find All function
This release fixes a crash in the editor when Find All function is instructed to operate on multiple selection.
Automatic upgrade is broken

Automatic upgrade to this version may be broken! Please download the latest version and run the downloaded installer manually in case automatic installer fails.

Version 6.54.01.6478

Released on 2/17/2021

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Crash on startup
Application could crash on startup on some computers.
Invalid PNG structure definition sample
A bug in png.h has been fixed that incorrectly checked for a valid PNG file signature.

Version 6.54.00.6437

Released on 1/17/2021

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Crash on startup on some computers
Application could crash on some installations of Windows 7.
Periodic long application startup time
The issue that sometimes caused long application startup times has been fixed.
Crash during structure binding
Hex Editor Neo could crash during binding of a specific structure definition.
Incorrect exporting of Motorola S37 format
Hex Editor Neo sometimes produced invalid data when exporting to Motorola S37 binary format.
Inconsistent behavior when opening duplicate files
Application could display incorrect error messages when user tried to open duplicate documents.

Version 6.52.00.6347

Released on 8/13/2020

Release Changes

New Features

New Open Device command
New Open Device command allows the user to open a specific storage device by specifying its path. The program then automatically discovers whether this is a logical (volume) or physical (disk) device and opens it for editing.

Updated Features

Structure Viewer's optimization
Structure Viewer's performance has been greatly enhanced when binding structures with a lot of pointers.
Improved support for non-standard volumes
Open Volume command now provides better support for non-standard volumes.

Bug Fixes

Crash when language folder changed
The program may crash if language storage folder is changed.
Crash on exporting Find in Files results
The program crashes when Find in Files results are exported.
Crash when JavaScript Structure Viewer's code fails
The program may crash if JavaScript code embedded in structure definition throws an exception.
Fixed add_color_value function
add_color_value function did not behave according to documentation.
Rare crash on startup
Program may crash on startup during structure definition files compilation.
Downloader window visual glitches
Downloader window may be resized incorrectly when loading window layout.

Version 6.44.01.6234

Released on 5/28/2019

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Minor bug in installer
A minor bug in new installer has been fixed.

Version 6.44.00.6232

Released on 5/27/2019

Release Changes

Updated Features

Updated Installer
This release features an updated installer, which is much faster in every operation and provides outstanding product installation experience.

Bug Fixes

NTFS Streams
Various reported issues in NTFS Streams component have been fixed. A new column "Stream Name" has been added to Search Streams mode, allowing sorting by file and stream name separately.
Disassembler
Various reported and internally discovered bugs in Disassembler module have been fixed. This includes incorrect column rendering as well as crashes during parsing of incorrect data.

Version 6.42.05.6195

Released on 4/11/2019

Release Changes

Updated Features

Resizeable Compare Files Window
Compare Files window is now resizeable.
Data Inspector window performance improvements
Data Inspector field update performance has been improved.

Bug Fixes

Several reported bugs fixed
This release fixes several reported bugs, including application crashes.
Incorrect window position/size handling
It was impossible to reduce the size of several editor windows (like Find, Fill and others) after they have been enlarged. Fixed.
File handle leaks fixed
Hex Editor Neo sometimes did not properly close file handles after they have been closed in the editor. Fixed.

Version 6.42.01.6170

Released on 3/25/2019

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Fixed NTFS Streams operations
Commands in NTFS Streams window may not function after Search NTFS Streams command execution. Fixed.
Layout settings not restored
Layout settings are not restored after restarting Hex Editor Neo. Fixed.
Crash in structure binding
Hex Editor Neo may crash after binding structure definitions with embedded JavaScript. Fixed.
Crash during structure definition editing
Hex Editor Neo may crash after editing a structure definition file if definitions from it are currently being used by Structure Viewer. Fixed.
Beta packages could not be installed
Beta packages could not be successfully installed on Windows 7.

Version 6.42.00.6143

Released on 2/15/2019

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Several bugs fixed
This release fixes a number of reported and internally discovered bugs.

Version 6.31.00.5980

Released on 3/29/2017

Release Changes

Updated Features

Updated JavaScript engine
This release presents an updated built-in JavaScript engine (used in Structure Viewer). It is ES2015 compliant and has much better script execution performance. This is a breaking change. Consult the included documentation for more information.

Bug Fixes

Broken automatic upgrade fixed
This release fixes a broken automatic update downloading.

Automatic upgrade to this version is still broken. Please upgrade manually by downloading and running an installer from this page.

Version 6.25.00.5960

Released on 3/1/2017

Release Changes

New Features

Explorer window settings persistence
Explorer windows now remember last recently used folder settings.
New format specifier
Structure Viewer now allows new format specifier 'c' in format() function and [format] attribute. It forces rendering of integer values as single-byte or UNICODE character.
New directives in Structure Viewer
The following directives have been added to Structure Viewer definition language: $revert_to, $shift_by and $remove_to. They allow having look-ahead during structure binding.
New field attribute in Structure Viewer
New attribute [exact_only] forces exact match when rendering enumeration fields.

Updated Features

Changed automatic item collapsing logic
User-defined type does not collapse if it contains other user-defined types and all of them implement [display] attribute. Previously, presence of other user-defined types caused automatic collapsing of a parent type during visualization.

Bug Fixes

Multiple bug fixes
A number of reported and internally discovered errors have been fixed.
Fixed memory leak
Application allocated and never freed memory when recursive structures were used in Structure Viewer.
Incorrect rendering of floating-point numbers
Floating-point numbers in range (-1..0) were displayed incorrectly in Structure Viewer, Data Inspector and other components.

Version 6.24.00.5920

Released on 8/26/2016

Release Changes

Updated Features

High-DPI Support
This release makes Hex Editor Neo fully compatible with high-definition displays.

Version 6.22.01.5862

Released on 7/19/2016

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Crash in Pattern Coloring
Hex Editor Neo may crash after loading Pattern Coloring rules from a file.
Crash in Structure Library
Hex Editor Neo crashes after structure definition files recompilation under certain circumstances.

Version 6.22.00.5850

Released on 7/14/2016

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Hang in Beta settings page
Windows 7: Hex Editor Neo hangs if Beta page is opened.
Crash in File Comparison
Application crashes after comparing identical files.
Hang on application close
Windows 7: Application hangs if closed with unsaved changes in documents.
Window name is not updated on Save As command
Window name is not updated when a document changes its name after Save As command is used.
Crash on language pack update
Application may crash when trying to install updated language pack.

Version 6.21.00.5841

Released on 6/8/2016

Release Changes

New Features

Dropped support for Windows XP and Windows Vista
Starting from this release, Hex Editor Neo drops support for Windows XP and Windows Vista as well as corresponding server versions. A version that supports Windows XP and Windows Vista is available here.

Updated Features

Configurable max array/string export length in Structure Viewer
Structure Viewer now allows configuring maximum length of array or string used during export.
Improved localization support
This release improves the quality of localization support in product. Now most UI elements automatically adjust their size to fit translated strings. This work is still in progress and more UI elements will be supported in new releases.

Bug Fixes

Language pack downloading issues
Fixed several bugs with language pack downloading. This includes issues with invalid custom language pack path and path without trailing backslash.
Enum visualization bug in Structure Viewer
A bug that caused invalid visualization of enumeration values has been fixed.
time_t visualization bug in Data Inspector
A bug that caused invalid interpretation and visualization of time_t values in Data Inspector has been fixed.
Floating-point values visualization in Data Inspector and Structure Viewer
Fixed a various issues with floating-point visualization in both Data Inspector and Structure Viewer.
Several reported bugs fixed
This release also fixes a number of reported and internally discovered bugs, including application crashes.

Version 6.20.02.5651

Released on 10/9/2015

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Error adding custom structure definition files
It was impossible to add custom structure definition files to the library unless they were put into default folder.
File comparison colors were not saved correctly
Changed file comparison colors were not saved to settings.

Version 6.20.01.5642

Released on 9/16/2015

Release Changes

Updated Features

Increased maximum number of editor columns
Editor windows may now display up to 1024 columns.
Structure Library window now reports missing files
If a file added to the library is not found, it is now marked as missing in Structure Library window. Double-clicking the missing file asks the user if he wants to create it.

Bug Fixes

Volume Navigator steals focus on window switch
When opened volume or physical disk window become active, focus is moved to Volume Navigator window. This has been fixed.
Data Inspector allows multiple custom rules with same name
It was possible to create several custom rules with the same name. Deleting those rules could later crash the Hex Editor Neo.

Version 6.20.00.5622

Released on 9/10/2015

Release Changes

New Features

Settings Manager introduced
This release introduces Settings Manager, which provides centralized application settings storage and management. User may now choose one of three settings storage locations: per-user Registry location (default), portable mode or external file. Settings may now be exported and imported or shared between computers.

Updated Features

Size column in Open Volume dialog
Size column has been added to Open Volume dialog.
Portable mode improvements

Portable mode has been improved thanks to newly introduced Settings Manager. Previously, Hex Editor Neo stored settings in Registry in portable mode and only saved them to a portable.ini file on shutdown.

Now, Registry is no longer used in portable mode and all settings are stored in portable.hexset file located in application startup folder. In addition, portable mode also changes the default language pack storage location as well as structure files location to paths relative to startup folder.

NOTE: Do not use Windows 10 to make a portable installation. Portable installations made on Windows 10 will not work on previous versions of Windows. This will be fixed in future releases.

Bug Fixes

Fixed bugs
Many reported and internally found bugs fixed.

Version 6.14.00.5453

Released on 7/16/2015

Release Changes

New Features

Data Inspector now has Hex/Dec switch
Data Inspector now has hexadecimal/decimal switch that affects most built-in types.

Updated Features

Sorted tool windows in View » Tool Windows menu
Tool windows in View » Tool Windows menu group are now sorted, which makes navigation easier.
CSV export in Structure Viewer
Copy/export code in Structure Viewer has been rewritten from scratch. Now it has excellent performance and better compatibility with CSV. In addition, CSV column separator may be selected in Tools » Settings, General Tab window.
Structure Viewer window position saving and restoring
Structure Viewer now saves the cursor position in tool window and restores it after the document is active again.
Relative paths in Structure Library
Structure Library now supports relative paths for structure files, which improves portable mode.
Physical disk Serial Number is now displayed
Open Physical Disk dialog now displays disk's serial number. In addition, serial number is also displayed in the document's title and recent document list.

Bug Fixes

Improved stability on startup
Improved compatibility with third-party software that modifies application files during startup. This has caused early re-compilation of structure definition files and could lead to crash.
Crash if Edit » Cut command used in Find dialog
Application crashed if some editing commands were used in pattern editor in Find, Replace and other dialogs.
Fixed ULONGLONG in Data Inspector
ULONGLONG in Data Inspector incorrectly behaved exactly like (signed) LONGLONG.
Bug in pe.h header
A bug that prevented resource directory from correctly binding for PE executable files has been fixed.
Crash in binding broken pointer field
If exception was thrown during calculating pointer field offset, Structure Viewer subsequently crashed during visualization of pointer field.
Fixed Writable status determination for volumes
Application sometimes incorrectly determined whether the volume was writable or not (incorrectly disabling Read Only checkbox).

Version 6.12.00.5406

Released on 6/25/2015

Release Changes

New Features

Volume snapshot support
User may now create and open a volume snapshot, "freezing" volume changes.
Opening locked files
Application now allows opening files locked by other processes via creating a volume snapshot and opening a file from this snapshot.

Updated Features

GPT support added to Volume Navigator
Volume Navigator is now capable of parsing GPT disks.

Bug Fixes

Crash on startup
Application crashed on startup if a second copy was launched under different user.
Portable mode crash
Application could crash during opening structure definition file when used in portable mode.
Various bug fixes
Various reported and internally-discovered bugs, including application crashes, have been fixed.

Version 6.11.00.5363

Released on 4/14/2015

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Crash on 64-bit CPUs without support for AVX
It was impossible to install and/or use the application on some hardware configurations (like no or disabled AVX support on CPU).
Crash on closing document
Application could crash after you closed an opened document.

Version 6.10.08.5357

Released on 4/10/2015

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Possible crash on startup
There has been a regression introduced in build 6.10.00.5330 which made it possible for application to crash on startup. This is now fixed.

Version 6.10.08.5353

Released on 4/9/2015

Release Changes

Updated Features

Structure file update notification
Hex Editor Neo now displays a structure file update notification only if a structure declared in this (or dependent) file is currently being used in one or more bound type.

Bug Fixes

Structure Viewer: Invalid behavior of wstring type
Structure Viewer incorrectly worked with wstring type.
Crash in Bookmarks
Application could crash on executing the Next Bookmark command.
Open Physical Disk crash on 32-bit OSes
Hex Editor Neo crashed on 32-bit Windows after Open Physical Disk command has been executed.
Various localization issues
Various localization-related issues have been fixed.

Version 6.10.05.5341

Released on 3/17/2015

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Byte order now correctly affects floating-point types
Byte order change now affects floating-point types in Structure Viewer and Data Inspector as controlled by corresponding option.

Version 6.10.00.5330

Released on 2/20/2015

Release Changes

New Features

Added three CRC-64 checksum algorithms
CRC-64, CRC-64/WE and CRC-64/XZ checksum algorithms have been implemented.

Bug Fixes

Calling Javascript from header files sometimes fails
In some situations it was not possible to call JavaScript functions from structure definition files.
Crash when entering invalid expression in Structure Viewer
Application crashed when invalid expression was entered during field editing in Structure Viewer
Changes in non-lowercase files are not detected by Structure Viewer
If file with mIxEd-case letters was added to Structure Library, Hex Editor Neo failed to detect any external changes made to this file.
Broken layout on resizing Operations Bitwise configuration window
The window layout got broken after resizing the Bitwise operation configuration window.
Commands in Structure Library do not work unless Structure Library window is active
It was only possible to invoke those commands using the Structure Library window toolbar.
Invalid behavior of string types
When structure definition file used string field type and a structure was bound on non-zero offset, binding did not work as expected.
Broken auto-recompile option
Structure Viewer's auto-recompile option did not work as expected. In addition, visual layout might get broken after update.
Cursor disappears in the custom structure value field in Data Inspector
Cursor disappears during second editing of custom structure value field.
Crash on applying changes to the document from Data Inspector
Application could crash when changes made in custom field in Data Inspector were applied.
Context menu commands for opened structure definition files did not work
Context menu options, like Open Containing Folder did not work.
Esc did not work in the Definition filed (Data Inspector Custom window)
Pressing Esc did not result in closing the window.
Added notification for custom Data Inspector types
When the user tries to modify value generated by custom Data Inspector type without assign member, the notification is displayed.

Version 6.05.01.5297

Released on 12/24/2014

Release Changes

New Features

Naming for Custom CRC algorithms
The user may now give names to Custom CRC algorithms.

Bug Fixes

Find did not work in structure files
Find did not work in structure files.
Crash on saving structure files with errors
Hex Editor Neo crashed after structure file containing errors was saved.
Improved support for volumes with errors
Better handling of volumes with read/write errors and volumes shorter then declared size (CDROMs, virtual drives etc.)
Crash on Refresh Statistics
Application crashed if Refresh Statistics command was issued without first opening Statistics Tool Window.
Various bug fixes and improvements in Volume Navigator
Several reported and discovered bugs were fixed in Volume Navigator.

Version 6.05.00.5278

Released on 9/1/2014

Release Changes

New Features

CDFS File System in Volume Navigator
Volume Navigator now recognizes the CDFS-formatted volumes.
Preliminary support for Custom File Systems
This release adds preliminary support for custom file systems to Volume Navigator.

Updated Features

Automatic elevation on save
If an attempt is made to save changes to restricted file, an automatic elevation prompt is displayed.
Structure Editor
Built-in structure definition files editor now has auto-indentation feature and brace match feature.

Bug Fixes

Incorrect behavior for structures bound to cursor location
Structures bound to cursor location might work incorrectly.
Crash on changing encodings
Application could crash after you changed the default character encoding.
Broken structure binding with offsets > 4 GB on 32-bit machines
Structures could not be correctly bound to offsets more than 4 GB on 32-bit operating systems.
Crash on file open
Application crashed if there was error during opening files with '{' character in their names.

Version 6.01.01.5211

Released on 7/2/2014

Release Changes

Updated Features

Better support for volumes in Volume Navigator
Volume Navigator now correctly works with different types of volume mount points (including volumes mounted into folders and volumes without mounting points at all). It now also works in localized versions of Hex Editor Neo.
32-bit time_t structure returned
Updated Data Inspector introduced 64-bit time_t structure but mistakenly removed 32-bit one.

Bug Fixes

Crash on pasting text
Application crashed when you pasted text into the Text Pane.
Crash on loading Pattern Coloring rules
Application crashed when loading Pattern Coloring rules.
Crash when long paths were displayed in Find in Files window
Application crashed if too long file names were displayed during Find in Files operation.
Possible deadlock on startup
Application could hang on startup.
Crash on Open Hex and Insert Hex commands
Application crashed when you executed the Open Hex or Insert Hex commands.

Version 6.01.00.5188

Released on 6/9/2014

Release Changes

New Features

Built-in Structure Editor
Built-in Structure File Editor with syntax coloring may now be used for creating and editing structure definition files.
Volume Navigator
Volume Navigator reads opened NTFS-formatted volumes' structure, allowing the user to browse the volume elements such as directories, files, file attributes and streams. Files, directories or entire volumes may be copied to other location. This feature also supports reading damaged volumes.

Updated Features

Updated Data Inspector
Data Inspector now supports custom types.
Updated Structure Viewer
Structure Viewer introduces new language functionality, improved stability and new Structure Library window. See the included documentation for complete list of changes in Structure Viewer.
License update
Registered users: A license update is required!

A new license may be downloaded from the My Account.

Bug Fixes

Fixed bugs
Many reported and internally found bugs fixed.

Version 5.14.00.4787

Released on 11/1/2012

Release Changes

Updated Features

Selection is now retained when number of columns change
Multiple selection is not dropped when you change the number of columns in the editor window.
Installer now keeps user settings on upgrade
Hex Editor Neo's installer now tries to keep user settings during upgrade from previous version.

Bug Fixes

Possible crash on startup on 64-bit systems
Hex Editor Neo could crash if launched on some 64-bit systems. Fixed.
Invalid editor window scrolling with mouse wheel
Editor window was scrolled incorrectly using high-resolution mouse wheel. Fixed.
Structure Viewer incorrectly compiled and bound some structures
Structure Viewer could incorrectly compile and bind some structure defitions, namely, the ones that contained huge arrays of static types. It could start allocating more and more memory and binding could take too long. Fixed.
Incorrect file opened after double clicking on error in Structure Errors window
Fixed.
Incorrect handling of multi-byte encodings
The editor incorrectly rendered Text Pane when multi-byte encoding was selected. This bug has been fixed.
Several reported bugs fixed
Several reported bugs, including application crashes, have been fixed.

Version 5.13.00.4760

Released on 8/8/2012

Release Changes

Updated Features

Installation package size decrease
Due to improved documentation file compression this release is about 30% smaller than previous one.

Bug Fixes

Several bugs in Structure Viewer fixed
  1. · Structure Viewer now respects the "Byte order change affects floating-point types" setting.
  2. · Floating-point numbers in scientific format are now displayed correctly.
Error saving changes to logical and physical disks
Hex Editor Neo hung during saving of changes to logical and physical disks if the application was launched non-elevated on Windows Vista or later operating systems. Fixed.
Rare crash on exit fixed
Application could crash on exit. Fixed.

Version 5.12.01.4748

Released on 6/26/2012

Release Changes

Updated Features

Intel HEX import updates
Non-sorted Intel HEX files are now imported correctly. In addition, lines with invalid CRC are ignored.
Some dialogs re-designed
Some dialogs were re-designed to better fit French localization.

Bug Fixes

Invalid big-endian array visualization
Big-endian simple arrays visualization bug fixed.
Crash in disassembler
Disassembler module could crash if error occurred during disassembling. It could also crash after pressing the Refresh button. Both issues have been fixed. Note: language pack update is required for non-English language packs.

Version 5.12.00.4727

Released on 5/28/2012

Release Changes

Updated Features

Significant update to Structure Viewer
This release focuses on new functionality in Structure Viewer. Read more information in What's New in Structure Viewer 5.12 topic.
Language Pack storage location changed
This release changes the default language pack's storage location, allows user to change it and better supports language packs in portable mode: in addition to user-configurable storage location, language packs are also searched in <program launch folder>\Localization folder.
Some dialogs re-designed
Some dialogs were re-designed to better fit German localization.

Bug Fixes

Crash in disassembler
Hex Editor Neo could crash when you invoked Disassembler in some situations. Fixed.

Version 5.11.00.4663

Released on 5/14/2012

Release Changes

New Features

"All opened documents" mode for Find in Files feature
Find in Files/Replace in Files function now provides "All opened documents" pseudo-location, allowing you to perform an operation on all currently opened documents.

Updated Features

Automatic detection of Language Pack availability
Hex Editor Neo now automatically detects if on-line language pack for user's default language is available and offers to download it.
Improved Structure Viewer performance
Structure Viewer's compilation and binding time reduced by about 10%.

Bug Fixes

[noindex] and [noautohide] attributes ignored
Structure Viewer ignored [noindex] and [noautohide] attributes. This resulted in incorrect behavior and increased memory usage. Fixed.
Proxy tab was missing from Settings
One of the recent updates incorrectly removed the Proxy settings tab. Fixed.
Crash after pressing Copy in Keyboard Map dialog
Program crashed after you pressed the Copy button in Keyboard Map dialog. Fixed.
Program crashed after saving downloaded update in non-default location
Program crashed when you tried to save to or execute the downloaded update from non-default location.
Structure Viewer's scheme loading bug
Hex Editor Neo could hang if you loaded Structure Viewer's scheme with multiple bound structures. Fixed.

Version 5.10.01.4638

Released on 4/17/2012

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Inactive refresh checksum button on XP
Refresh checksum button never became active on Windows XP. Fixed.
Current language not saved on portable installations
The program did not save the currently selected language if installed in portable mode. Fixed.
Structure Viewer tree visualization bug
In some rare situations Structure Viewer could start showing parsed tree incorrectly. Fixed.

Version 5.10.00.4615

Released on 4/9/2012

Release Changes

New Features

Localization support
Hex Editor Neo now supports installable interface language packs. Language pack creation is performed as part of open-source project. More information is available here.
New interface language pack: Russian
New complete interface language pack for Russian language is available for download. To download a language pack, go to Tools » Settings » Languages Tab.

Updated Features

Opening system volume
Hex Editor Neo now allows opening system volume in read/write mode. (It was previously forbidden for security reasons. Now it is up for user to decide).
New minimum number of columns
The minimum number of editor window columns is now two instead of four.

Bug Fixes

Several reported bugs fixed
This release fixes several reported bugs, including application crashes.
Hang after print
Application hangs after you print a document. Fixed.

Version 5.01.04.4436

Released on 3/6/2012

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Crash on history load
Hex Editor Neo could crash if you loaded a file's history with one or more pattern coloring rules active. Fixed.
Error opening processes
It was impossible to open a process if application was installed in "portable" mode. Fixed.
Setup error
Setup failed to delete files if they had "read-only" attribute. Fixed.
Error editing floating-point numbers
It was impossible to edit some values when editor window was in "Float" or "Double" display type. Fixed.

Version 5.01.03.4418

Released on 2/17/2012

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Several reported bugs fixed

This release fixes several reported bugs, including application crashes.

Structure Viewer: Invalid handling of bitfields

Structure Viewer incorrectly displays bit field values for some integer types. Fixed.

Version 5.01.02.4406

Released on 12/20/2011

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Several reported bugs fixed

This release fixes several reported bugs, including application crashes.

Version 5.01.01.4391

Released on 12/1/2011

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

System crash or reboot

It was discovered that some virtual machine emulation software (like Oracle VirtualBox or VMWare Workstation) may cause BSOD or computer restart when Hex Editor Neo 5.01 runs on host OS.

Affected configurations: Intel multi-core CPU (Dual Core, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Duo Quad and probably others), OS: Windows 7 64-bit. Installed virtual machine emulation software: (VMWare Workstation, Oracle VirtualBox, probably Microsoft Hyper-V, although, it looks like a hot-fix is available from Microsoft for this bug - see MS KB article #975530)).

Steps to reproduce:

  1. · Run a guest OS in virtual machine emulation software and keep it running.
  2. · Launch Hex Editor Neo version 5.01 (on the host OS).
  3. · Close Hex Editor Neo.
  4. · There is a chance that your computer reboots, hangs, or generates BSOD 0x101 (CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT).

Obviously it should not be possible for Hex Editor Neo (a user-mode program that does not have any kernel-mode components) to cause this behavior: it appears there is a bug in Windows 7 64-bit kernel that causes this.

We have found the workaround that fixes this problem. Version 5.01.01 uses different system scheduler that seems to be more compatible with virtual machine emulation software.

Version 5.01.00.4384

Released on 11/30/2011

Release Changes

New Features

Major update to Structure Viewer
This version has completely new Structure Viewer, with a lot of new functionality and improvements. See the What's New in Structure Viewer 5.01 topic for more information.
Parallel operations
Several operations, like Find All and Replace All, now utilize several cores or processors (if they are available), providing up to 30% performance boost. Performance boost is more noticeable in Replace All commands, especially in regular expression mode.
True parallel execution of all lengthy operations
Previous versions allowed you to execute multiple operations in parallel, but user interface was rather limited: for example, it did not allow you to finish the first operation before the second finishes. Now, all started operations are equal and are executed truly in parallel. Application user interface is not blocked. Only windows of the current document are disabled until the operation execution is completed.
Support for Intel HEX and Motorola S files
Advanced Copy & Export now allows exporting selection into Intel HEX and Motorola S formats. In addition, new commands, File » Open » Open Hex… and Edit » Insert Hex… allow the user to convert Intel HEX and Motorola S files to binary form and insert them into the Hex Editor Neo.
Additional information is displayed for several lengthy operations
For Find All, Replace All and other operations, the number of occurrences found so far is displayed on the progress dialog.
Completely rewritten Checksum module

Checksum module has undergone complete rewrite, featuring new algorithms, greatly improved performance and parallel execution. That is, when several algorithms are selected at once, Hex Editor Neo utilizes multiple cores or processors (if they are available) to execute them in parallel.

More hash algorithms are offered (the actual list depends on algorithms available through Cryptography API). More different ways to sum all values in a document or selection are offered, including signed and unsigned sums.

User interface for a Checksum module has also been improved.

Ability to copy/export the current selection
Hex Editor Neo now allows you to get the list of selected ranges into the Clipboard or directly to text file.
Goto Navigation panel
Each editor window has its own navigation panel with individual location history.

Updated Features

License update

Registered users: A license update is required!

A new license may be downloaded from the My Account.

Improved experience when opening volumes and disks
Hex Editor Neo is now capable of opening volumes and disks in the same running instance, even if it runs under non-privileged user account.
Improved setup speed
Speed of Hex Editor Neo setup application has been greatly improved. Installer now needs to update less files and system settings and operates much quicker.
Improved application start-up time
We have improved the application start-up time by reducing time required by various components to initialize and allowing several components to initialize in parallel.
Improved Find in Files/Replace in Files commands
New version provides better utilization of multiple cores as well as proper operation on single-core computers; smoother operation on SSDs.
Improved support for eastern languages
Hex Editor Neo now provides better visual output of eastern languages characters in text pane.

Version 4.97.02.3667

Released on 4/11/2011

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Hex Editor Neo hangs on startup
Hex Editor Neo may start to hang on startup if vector image cache is damaged. Fixed.
Hex Editor Neo hangs and then crashes on startup
Hex Editor Neo fails to start on some computers running 64-bit Windows Vista. Fixed.

Version 4.97.01.3661

Released on 3/24/2011

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Big endian setting is not respected by Text Pane
Text pane does not respect the Big Endian mode when displays UTF-16 text. Fixed.

Version 4.97.00.3651

Released on 3/22/2011

Release Changes

New Features

Support for using regular expressions in replace pattern
Replace and Replace All commands now support regular expressions as replace patterns, allowing you to refer to parts of matched expression when performing a replace.

Updated Features

Support for encodings in all commands that work with regular expressions
Find, Find All, Replace, Replace All, Find in Files, Replace in Files, Pattern Statistics - all these commands now fully support currently selected encoding when they work in regular expressions mode.

Bug Fixes

Several bug fixes
Several bugs reported by customers or discovered during internal testing have been fixed in this release.

Version 4.96.00.3530

Released on 2/18/2011

Release Changes

New Features

New reverse data operations
New data operations implemented in this release: Reverse Bits and Byte Swap.
New arithmetic data operations
Arithmetic data operations group has been enhanced with two new commands: Set Minimum and Set Maximum.
Integration with Windows Error Reporting
Application now fully integrates with Windows Error Reporting. If it ever crashes or hangs, you can submit the report, which will allow us to fix a bug and provide a solution.
Scheme association using regular expressions
Structure Viewer now uses regular expression to match a structure scheme to the opened document, instead of simple extension check.

Updated Features

Selection Window Details Tab
Application now remembers the last state of the Details Tab (opened/closed) between launches.

Bug Fixes

Crash in MSIL Disassembler
Hex Editor Neo may crash during de-compilation of some assemblies. Fixed.
Focus not in opened document
Focus is now correctly moved to the opened document.
Shift+Home keyboard shortcut
This release fixes invalid selection behavior when Shift+Home or Ctrl+Shift+Home keyboard combinations are used.
Invalid Delphi export
Application incorrectly exports selected data formatted as Delphi array. Fixed.
Insert Mode switching in editing mode
It is unable to toggle the Insert Mode when the application is in editing mode. Fixed.
Error editing bit fields in Structure Viewer
Hex Editor Neo incorrectly updates a bit field, if it is edited in Structure Viewer. Fixed.

Version 4.95.07.3483

Released on 12/23/2010

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Crash after setting editor window defaults
After you use the Tools » Settings » Editor Tab to set editor window defaults, application may start crashing after opening documents. Fixed.

Version 4.95.06.3477

Released on 10/12/2010

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Incorrect estimation for file comparison
File comparison function incorrectly estimated the required free space on hard disk. Fixed.
Crash in editor
Application may crash if you switch to floating-point mode after switching off a code pane. Fixed.
Missing application icon on taskbar
On some computers a taskbar application icon is missing when you start the Hex Editor Neo. Fixed.

Version 4.95.05.3470

Released on 9/28/2010

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Inability to use Clipboard from scripts
Error using Clipboard from scripts that use Hex Editor Neo's FileDocument object has been found and fixed.
Invalid copy/export from Structure Viewer
A Structure Viewer's Size column was not exported or copied to Clipboard. Fixed.

Version 4.95.03.3464

Released on 7/7/2010

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Installation may fail
Hex Editor Neo installation may fail. Fixed.
Unable to use arrow keys in custom keyboard shortcuts
Fixed.

Version 4.95.01.3454

Released on 4/12/2010

Release Changes

Updated Features

Pasting numbers
Now, when text containing numbers is pasted into the code pane in editor window, any invalid character is treated as a separator. In addition, Hex Editor Neo is now able to parse numbers which do not contain any separators at all. For example, "0D0A" will automatically be parsed as two bytes 0D and 0A when pasted in editor window in Byte grouping mode.

Version 4.95.00.3450

Released on 3/29/2010

Release Changes

New Features

Full UTF-8 support
The editor now fully supports UTF-8 encoding. It can not only display text (in text pane) encoded as UTF-8, but also allows you to type encoded characters on the keyboard or paste from the Clipboard. All editor functions (such as Find, Fill etc.) correctly work with UTF-8.
Encodings support in Structure Viewer
This release also brings encodings support to the Structure Viewer. Now it uses the encoding currently selected for an editor window to parse single-byte character arrays or string.

Updated Features

Pasting with encoding
When you paste text to the text pane, the current editor window's encoding is now used to convert the UNICODE text (if it is present in the Clipboard).

Bug Fixes

Several bugs in Structure Viewer
Several bugs in Structure Viewer have been fixed.

Version 4.94.02.3435

Released on 2/8/2010

Release Changes

New Features

Ability to open Internet resources

You can now open Internet resources specified by their URLs in the File » Open dialog. The editor will download the file and automatically open its local copy.

Note: you can only use the File » Open dialog to open Internet resources, other methods (command line parameters, drag&drop, Explorer window) may not work.

Bug Fixes

Crash in Explorer window
Hex Editor Neo crashes when you enter an Internet URL in its path box. Fixed. Hex Editor Neo does not support opening Internet resources this way in the current version, but at least it does not crash. Use the File » Open command to open Internet resources in the current version.

Version 4.94.01.3431

Released on 2/4/2010

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Crash in Go to Offset Dialog
Hex Editor Neo may crash when you close the Go to Offset dialog. Fixed.

Version 4.94.00.3427

Released on 2/3/2010

Release Changes

New Features

Proxy Server
You can configure a proxy server to use with such functions as Check for Updates, Downloader and Crash Dump Uploader. You can also configure authorization options, if your proxy server requires them.
Bookmarks in Go to Offset dialog
Current bookmarks are now displayed in the Go to Offset dialog.
Selection manipulation in Go to Offset dialog
Added an ability to manipulate the current selection directly in Go to Offset dialog. You can replace, add, remove or invert the current selection while changing the cursor offset in the document.
Portable installation improvements
When installed in portable mode, Hex Editor Neo now stores configuration settings in a file in a folder it is launched from.

Updated Features

Open Disk dialog improvements
An additional column is added to the Open Disk dialog. It displays the physical drive information in a form of "\\.\PHYSICALDRIVEN", where N is a disk ordinal number assigned by operating system. This allows you to distinguish between the same disks from the same manufacturer.
Added "Whole file" option to all operation dialogs
All operations (bitwise, arithmetic and shift) dialogs now include the option "Whole file". You can use it to target an operation to a whole file without the need to select it first.

Bug Fixes

Several bugs fixed
Several reported bugs have been fixed.

Version 4.93.03.3402

Released on 11/27/2009

Release Changes

New Features

File Compare: Non-file documents
Now you can compare any type of opened documents using the File Comparison feature.

Updated Features

Cursor position on document save
The cursor position and editor window focus are now retained on document save.

Bug Fixes

Checksum: incorrect check for low disk space
Hex Editor Neo prevented the checksum from being calculated when there was low disk space. Fixed.
Disassembler: file lock
Disassembler continued to lock the file after it was closed. Fixed.
Disassembler: Reset columns
The Reset column button operated incorrectly. Fixed.
Invalid progress
Invalid progress was displayed for all operations with UNICODE regular expressions.

Version 4.93.02.3398

Released on 11/19/2009

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Structure Viewer: several bugs
Several bugs in Structure Viewer have been fixed. AVI and WAV sample files were also updated.

Version 4.93.01.3387

Released on 10/27/2009

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Application crash
Hex Editor Neo crashes when you execute the Pattern Coloring » Add Rule command with no open documents. Fixed.

Version 4.93.00.3384

Released on 10/22/2009

Release Changes

New Features

New tool window layout
New tool window layout "Structure Analysis" provides maximum working space for analyzing the document's structure.

Updated Features

Structure Viewer: bit fields type
Changed the displayed type name for bit fields. It now shows the number of bits a field occupies (for example: int: 4).
Structure Viewer: more accurate progress
More accurate structure binding progress update. In addition, a progress window may switch to the marquee mode when binding complex structure with forward and backward pointers.
Structure Viewer: optimization
The execution of the assignment statement (variable = expr;) is greatly optimized. Such complex iterative structures as AVI, TGA and others will benefit from this optimization.
Structure Viewer: optimization
Structure Viewer tool window's main operations, like navigation, expanding/collapsing, scrolling and so on were optimized.
Structure Viewer: TGA
TGA file structure is updated to support run-length encoded images.
Structure Viewer: common progress
Structure Viewer now displays a single common progress when binding a structure that executes delayed binds (like PE header, for example).

Bug Fixes

Setup: invalid security descriptors
Setup incorrectly configures security descriptors for installed files and shortcuts when you install the product in "per-machine" mode. This may prevent other users from being able to run Hex Editor Neo. Fixed.
Structure Viewer: bit-fields are now indexed
A bug that prevented bit fields from being indexed is fixed. Now when you click on the cell which contains a bit field in the editor, the field is properly highlighted in Structure Viewer.
Structure Viewer: crash
Hex Editor Neo may crash when binding certain structures.

Version 4.92.02.3356

Released on 10/2/2009

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Application crash (Windows 2000)
When you call script functions from Structure Viewer's definition files, Hex Editor Neo crashes. Windows 2000 only. Fixed.
Application crash
Hex Editor Neo crashes when you expand an empty string/wstring field in Structure Viewer. Fixed.

Version 4.92.01.3349

Released on 9/30/2009

Release Changes

Updated Features

License update

Registered users: A license update is required!

A new license may be downloaded from the My Account.

Bug Fixes

Crash on application exit
A possible crash on application exit has been fixed.

Version 4.92.00.3344

Released on 9/28/2009

Release Changes

New Features

Structure Viewer: major update to Portable Executable header sample

PE header sample has been greatly enhanced. Now it parses more PE file structures, including import and export directory, resource directory, base relocation table, debug directory and others. It also illustrates how to use JavaScript to extend the power of Structure Viewer's declaration syntax.

Structure Viewer: $print directive updated

$print directive now does not automatically convert its argument to string; instead it uses Structure Viewer’s data visualization engine. This allows it, for example, to respect the "Display Hex Values" setting when displaying integer values.

Structure Viewer: pointer visualization

For pointed types, not only the pointer value, but the snapshot of pointed type contents is visualized on a line (as it is for arrays and structures). In addition, a computed address is also displayed.

Structure Viewer: new javascript keyword

JavSscript code now may be specified inline with a new javascript keyword. Note that VBScript code must still be referenced with #pragma script directive.

Structure Viewer: new statements

Structure Viewer now supports the following statements: while, for and do…while.

Structure Viewer: support for current encoding

Structure Viewer now uses the current editor window's encoding when displaying non-Unicode strings.

Updated Features

Mouse selection improvements
Now it is much more easier to select data with mouse. The behavior is more consistent with other Windows applications.
Cursor move on Paste
Now there is an option to move the cursor to the end of the pasted data after the Paste operation (turned on by default).
Extended encoding support

All Hex Editor Neo commands (such as Fill, Find, Find All, Replace etc) now respect the current window’s encoding, when single-byte string type is chosen. The current encoding is also displayed in the command’s dialog. Note: when using regular expressions, default system encoding is always used.

Current editor's window encoding is also respected by Pattern Coloring module.

Clipboard improvements
Now Edit->Copy and Edit->Cut commands automatically put selected data in text format into the Clipboard. Copy & Export tool window is still used to fine-tune the format used.
Advanced Copy&Export improvements
"Raw Text" copy&export mode also lists "Current Encoding" as encoding type. When selected (default), encoding from the current editor window is used.
Advanced Copy&Export improvements
“Formatted Values” copy&export mode now allows exporting data without separators (as text stream).
Checksum improvements
Click-and-calculate feature implemented: non-computed checksum value is automatically computed when you double-click it (no need to click checkbox and then Refresh button)
File Compare improvements
File Compare tool window’s commands are now application-wide commands. You can put them on the toolbar or assign keyboard shortcuts to them.
Improved power management
Hex Editor Neo now prevents the computer from going to sleep (unattended) when performing lengthy operation. This of course does not prevent the user to manually sleep the computer.

Bug Fixes

Crash in Compare Files
Sometimes when "Compare Files" command was launched as Windows 7 task from the pinned application icon, it crashed after you pressed the OK button.
Several bugs in Structure Viewer
  • > Incorrect scope resolution for complex array indexes.
  • > Empty structures incorrectly had zero alignment, breaking any structure that referenced them.
  • > Hex Editor Neo could crash when expanding string or wstring values.
  • > When a script file referenced by a structure definition file was modified, Hex Editor Neo did not refreshed it properly, although notified the user of the change.
  • > Enumeration visualization could produce incorrect results, if you used signed values in an unsigned enum.
  • > Structure Viewer tool window could incorrectly display vertical lines.
Invalid patch file registration
Hex Editor Neo’s patch files were incorrectly registered by setup.
Mouse wheel may not work correctly
Mouse wheel scrolling now correctly works with high-definition mice.

Version 4.91.00.3266

Released on 9/2/2009

Release Changes

New Features

New Setup Features
Portable Installation
Setup now offers new installation mode which can be used to make a portable copy of Hex Editor Neo. Once installed, the copy of the product may be transferred to other locations, or to other computers where it can be used without installation. In this mode setup allows the user to install the product on the removable media and network shares.
Transactional Installation
Setup now performs installation of the product as a single transaction (on supported operating systems and configurations). If anything goes wrong during installation, including software or hardware errors, computer configuration is not modified. All setup activities are part of the transaction, including modifications done to the file system and system registry.
Restart Manager Support
Now, when setup needs to replace or remove a locked file, it uses the system restart manager to find the application that has a file open. It also offers a way to gracefully restart the application in order to update the file. This new feature greatly reduces the need for system restart during setup.
Per-User Installation
In addition to the previous, "per-machine" installation mode, a new installation mode is offered. It allows the user to install the application only for himself. In this mode, setup does not modify any per-machine settings. In addition, a user does not have to have administrative rights to install the Hex Editor Neo. After the product is installed in per-user mode, it is not visible to other users of the computer, but may also be installed by them in per-user mode.

Version 4.85.00.3229

Released on 6/30/2009

Release Changes

New Features

Shared Files Support

Hex Editor Neo is now capable of working with files shared with other applications. After you open a shared file, Hex Editor Neo starts watching for file's modifications. If another application makes changes to a file, Hex Editor Neo displays a Shared File Conflict Dialog, which gives you options to ignore a change, update editor's copy, and/or merge changes with local changes.

In addition, for all "update"-kind options you may instruct the editor to compare the new version with a previous one. Two file comparison algorithms provided by File Compare module are supported. Hex Editor Neo also allows you to retain older versions of a file in the editor. You may edit these old versions as any other kind of document in the editor, save your changes and so on.

Updated Features

Elevated privileges notification
When launched with administrative privileges (either through "Run as administrator" option or through automatic elevation in Open Volume, Open Process or Open Disk commands), application title is changed to "Hex Editor Neo (Administrator)" to notify the user that application is running with elevated privileges.

Bug Fixes

Copy&Paste bug
Data pasted from Clipboard (and previously copied/cut from Hex Editor Neo's document) could become corrupted in some situations. Fixed.
File Compare bug
For some documents File Compare (simple algorithm) produced incorrect results. Fixed.

Version 4.83.01.3182

Released on 6/8/2009

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Crash in MSIL disassembler
Hex Editor Neo may crash when trying to disassemble some complex .NET code. Fixed.

Version 4.83.00.3174

Released on 6/2/2009

Release Changes

New Features

Assembler array copy&export format
A new format has been added to a Formatted Output group of Advanced Copy&Export exporting options. It prepares the selected data to be directly used in assembler language (x86 and x64) programs.

Bug Fixes

Application crash
Hex Editor Neo may sometimes crash on application exit or document close. Fixed.
UI update bug
In some cases several UI tool windows (namely: History, Statistics and Structure Viewer) are not updated when non-current document is closed either manually or automatically. Fixed.
Fixed bugs in mbr.h definition file
Several bugs were fixed in mbr.h structure definition file.

Version 4.82.00.3123

Released on 4/30/2009

Release Changes

New Features

Restore original file attributes
File Attributes tool window now offers a way to restore original file attributes, even after you modify them and apply your changes.
Auto completion in Explorer
Address bar in Explorer tool window now offers auto-completion.
2D graph in Statistics
Statistics Tool Window now provides you with two graphical data representations, instead of one.

Updated Features

NTFS streams support in File Compare
When compared files are identical, they are also checked for one or more alternate streams. A user is warned if two identical files contain NTFS streams.
Extended goto in Disassembler
Goto command in Disassembler Window now allows you to go to a named function or method. Auto-completion is supported.

Bug Fixes

Elevation bug
When Hex Editor Neo elevates itself (on Windows Vista or later operating systems), elevate.exe process is not terminated and remains running forever. Fixed.
Invalid progress bar
Invalid progress bar is displayed for some operations. Fixed.
Crash in operations
Bitwise, arithmetic, shift and case change operations may crash when used in some configurations. Fixed.

Version 4.81.01.3080

Released on 4/14/2009

Release Changes

Updated Features

Minor UI improvements
A few new context menus have been added to the editor.

Bug Fixes

Crash in Disassembler
A possible crash in Disassembler has been fixed. Hex Editor Neo sometimes crashed after refreshing a Disassembly View on a modified document.
Crash in Disassembler
A possible crash in Find function in Disassembly View has been fixed.
Explorer bugs
Now it is possible to browse Network and Libraries folders (a latter one on Windows 7 Beta) in Explorer tool window.
Crash in Explorer
A possible crash in Explorer has been fixed. It sometimes crashed while enumerating a shell folder tree.
Purge All command crash
A possible crash after History » Purge All command has been fixed.
Copy&Export bugs
A completely broken behavior in copying/exporting data into programming languages formats (Formatted Output) has been fixed. Now all modes, including Hexadecimal, Decimal, Octal, Binary, Float and Double as well as all grouping options are correctly handled.
Structure Viewer's zip.h bug
A bug has been reported in the zip.h file that prevented proper recognition of ZIP archives with additional NTFS information in them.
Several reported and found bugs
Several reported and discovered bugs and inconsistencies have been fixed in this release. This also includes more items from our "suggestion queue".

Version 4.81.00.3057

Released on 4/8/2009

Release Changes

New Features

Full history tree window
You can now view the entire document change history in a special window. History is represented as a tree with a node for each document change. You can quickly switch between states, get more information about each state or execute one of the purge commands. Comfortable zooming and panning features are provided by the window.

Updated Features

Complete rewrite of command routing and toolbar customization system
This release brings completely new version of the command routing and toolbar customization subsystem. We have greatly optimized Hex Editor Neo's startup and runtime performance and brought greater flexibility to user interface customization. Built-in and user-created layouts now not only affect tool windows, but also change commands on default toolbars and size of their buttons.
Checksums and Statistics now store per-document information
Checksums module and Statistics module now store per-document information. For example, you calculate statistics for a document, switch to another one and calculate statistics for it as well. Now, if you switch back to the first document, Statistics tool window will immediately display information it previously calculated for the first document.
Changes in the Free Edition End User License Agreement
Free version's EULA now grants commercial usage of the free edition of the Hex Editor Neo.
Improved Explorer integration
"Edit with Hex Editor Neo" shortcut menu option is now added to drives as well.
Improved Windows dialog
Windows dialog (it displays a list of all opened editor windows) now automatically activates a window under the cursor. There is no need to click the Activate button anymore.

Bug Fixes

Several bugs in Structure Viewer
32-bit integer types (both signed and unsigned) were incorrectly handled in big-endian mode. Note that this did not affect 32-bit signed and unsigned long types. This bug is fixed. In addition, a number of not critical bugs were found and fixed.
Decrypt function is not working
On some computers it was unable to run a Edit » Decrypt… command. This has been fixed.
Other minor bugs and suggestions
A lot of small glitches that were in our "suggestion queue" have finally found their time to be fixed in this release.

Version 4.76.00.2905

Released on 3/17/2009

Release Changes

Updated Features

Performance improvements

This release focuses on major performance improvement in one of the core Hex Editor Neo components, responsible for working with large files. (Hex Editor Neo considers files bigger than 64 MB on 32-bit systems and bigger than 128 MB on 64-bit systems as large files).

Careful optimizations and wiser use of system resources allowed us to greatly optimize this core component. As performance of most editor functions depends on it, we have managed to improve the speed of various functions from 2x to 8x!

The most boost is displayed in "cheap" operations, like General Statistics and Pattern Statistics, moderate boost in heavier functions as Replace All and less boost in "heavy" functions like Find All, for example.

In addition, document saving performance has also been greatly improved. On some of our test platforms, file copying (File » Open command followed by File » Save As… command) works faster than in Windows Explorer!

Licensing System update

Until now, each new upgrade required our customers to re-install the license file to re-activate the product. Although this is still required for this update, the licensing system was updated to remove this limitation. All future upgrades will not invalidate the license installed for the 4.76.00.2905.

Version 4.75.01.2849

Released on 2/19/2009

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Several bugs fixed
Several reported bugs have been fixed.

Version 4.75.00.2840

Released on 2/13/2009

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Critical bug

A critical bug has been found in 4.74.01.2838 release.

Upgrade is strongly recommended!

Version 4.74.01.2838

Released on 2/12/2009

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Incompatibility issue
Hex Editor Neo does not launch on Windows 2003 Server (64-bit). Fixed.
Application crash
Hex Editor Neo sometimes crashes when Edit » Copy As… or Edit » Export… commands are executed. Fixed.

Version 4.74.00.2829

Released on 2/11/2009

Release Changes

New Features

New offset display types
An offset (or address) may now be displayed as hexadecimal, decimal or octal numbers.
New view types
In addition to hexadecimal, decimal, float and double, data in editor windows may now be displayed as octal and binary values. All Hex Editor Neo's commands and modules are also compatible with new view types, including Copy & Export module.
New range rule type in Pattern Coloring
Pattern Coloring introduces a special rule type: range rule. For range rule, you define a range which is then highlighted in a document.
Advanced support for Editor Window settings
You can now configure the default editor window settings on special settings page (Tools » Settings » Editor). These settings include offset display type, data display type and grouping, byte ordering, a number of columns, character encoding and visibility of code pane and text pane. In addition, there is a special option to associate a different set of window settings for each opened document and restore them next time the document is opened.

Updated Features

Revised Operation History
User interface for document operation history has been completely revised. Now it is much more comfortable to use one of the most powerful and unique Hex Editor Neo's features - history branches.
Application load-time improvement
A lot of attention in this release has been paid to reduce Hex Editor Neo loading time.

Bug Fixes

Several bugs fixed
Several known and reported bugs have been fixed.

Version 4.73.00.2655

Released on 1/16/2009

Release Changes

New Features

Windows 7 Beta support!
This release introduces support for new cool features of the Windows 7 Beta taskbar. Progress indication and jump lists are fully supported and utilized by the Hex Editor Neo, and in addition, user is in control of customizing the tasks presented on the taskbar.

Updated Features

Structure Viewer

The following improvements were made to the Structure Viewer:

> New structure formats: RAR, ICC, VHD, ZIP, TIFF, WAV, TGA, PSD, PIC, PCX, PAL, EMF, EPS, CAB, MBR, CDA
> New column: Size (to see the size of the field).

Bug Fixes

Several bugs in Structure Viewer

The following bugs are fixed in this release:

> Nested pointers are not supported.
> Array size is parsed incorrectly if multiplication is used in size expression.
> Invalid script file causes a crash.
> Several parser bugs fixed.
Find in Files
Deadlocks and possible crashes were fixed. In addition, performance for the feature has been increased.
Explorer
Several bugs are fixed in Explorer and it is now compatible with Windows 7 Beta.

Version 4.72.00.2542

Released on 12/18/2008

Release Changes

New Features

Disassembler

Version 4.72 brings support for x64 executables.

Bug Fixes

Application crash

This update fixes an application crash (which occurs in Free Edition or with "Auto Create Branches" option switched off in some circumstances).

Upgrade is strongly recommended!

Version 4.71.02.2507

Released on 12/9/2008

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Several bugs
Several bugs, including application crashes, have been fixed.

Version 4.71.01.2503

Released on 12/8/2008

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Several bugs
Several bugs, including application crashes, have been fixed.

Version 4.71.00.2491

Released on 11/28/2008

Release Changes

New Features

Disassembler

Version 4.71 brings support for .NET assemblies. It also features an updated disassembler view window, with support for fast navigation, selection of assembly text, column configuration and much more. It also allows you to display an assembly listing in AT&T format.

Disassembler has an improved quality of the assembly listing. Module imports are now also analyzed and displayed, in addition to symbols.

Structure Viewer

The most of the new functionality is within the Structure Viewer module again. It now understands new built-in types, statements and directives. It also supports variables, constant and variable arrays and expression evaluation with dynamic type inferring.

This release eliminates most of previously imposed limits on structure size, array size etc. The Structure Viewer Tool Window has been updated to easily handle billions of items with very fast and clean navigation. Commands like Expand All and Collapse All will take less than a second expanding/collapsing a structure with a billion of items. If you bind a complex structure to a huge file (for example, AVI), you can estimate the editor to easily carry the job without running out of memory.

A number of handy features, such as Synchronize Position (which works "both sides" - from structure to document and from document to structure), Mouse over field tracking (which highlights a field under the mouse cursor) greatly simplify the file structure analysis.

Structure definitions may extend their functionality by referring to functions written in JavaScript or VBScript. These functions have access to the underlying parser and document, thanks to the IFileDocument and IParser interfaces, exposed to them by the Hex Editor Neo.

The overall compilation and binding performance has been greatly improved. More information about the new functionality provided by the Structure Viewer is found in the included documentation.

Copy&Export

The Advanced Copy & Export module now follows the model offered by the editor window. It now allows you to execute the Copy and Export commands with no selection present. In this case, a cell under the cursor is copied/exported.

The current byte order is now taken into account when performing copy or export functions.

It also offers an option to configure the number of digits to be exported for floating-point and double precision floating-point types.

Refresh View Command
When working with logical or physical disks, process or physical memory, this command allows you to refresh the editor window to display any possible changes to the underlying data, performed by some other application or operating system.
/s Command-Line Parameter
When launched with "/s" command-line parameter, Hex Editor Neo forwards the list of files to open to an already running instance, if there is one.
"Display cursor address on the left" option
Several customers complained about the address of the cursor location being displayed at the start of the line. Now this functionality can be switched off.
Reverse sorting on Statistics columns
Statistics window now allows you to sort columns in both ascending and descending order in its table mode.
New IFileDocument methods to be called from scripts

A previously introduced ISequence object was called to make it possible to call methods of the IFileDocument interface from scripting languages (such as JavaScript and VBScript). Although, our tests has shown, that in some cases it is still impossible for a script to call one or another method due to the limitations in the Automation model and the way scripting engines are implemented.

This release finally resolves the problem by providing a special variant of each affected method. Every such variant may be easily called from the scripting languages.

Go to in Process
Go to in Process command now interactively updates the cursor position when you click on the image sections or modules (without closing the Go to window).
UI Sugar

You can now make any tool window appear as a tabbed document. That means that the tool window will not be dockable to one of the four sides of the main window anymore, nor it will float over the main window, but instead will be placed where all editor windows reside. You may then take advantage of the Editor Window Placement feature to position a tool window.

Each tool window now also memorizes its floating position separately of its parent frame.

Ctrl+Mouse Wheel now quickly changes the font size in an editor window. This is a quick way to change a font size without using the Layouts dialog.

Bug Fixes

Purge All History and Load History commands
These commands did not work properly in Free Edition mode.
Copy&Paste bugs
Several bugs with copying and pasting document data have been found and fixed. This may include several application crashes.
A lot of minor bugs
Quite a few of minor bugs or inconsistencies were found and fixed throughout the product.

Version 4.64.01.2023

Released on 8/10/2008

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Shell context menu item bug
Hex Editor Neo's shell shortcut menu's item "Edit with Hex Editor Neo" is incompatible with some non-standard shells or file managers (like GPSoftware's Directory Opus 9). Fixed.

Version 4.64.00.2020

Released on 8/1/2008

Release Changes

New Features

New Scripting Object
New Sequence Object provides scripting languages (such as JavaScript and VBScript) a way to build a pattern and pass it to File Document Object methods that require a pattern.

Updated Features

Structure Viewer

Structure Viewer now supports a sophisticated structure definition language with expression evaluation, pointers and bit fields, case unions and assertions, constants and enumerations and much much more. A full featured C99-compliant preprocessor (with full support for macros and conditional compilation) is run before a source file is compiled.

In addition to the ability to bind a structure to an absolute or relative address or to a cursor position, a structure may now be bound to an expression. This expression may reference constants and enumerations declared on the global source file scope or even reference previously bound structures.

You can find more information in corresponding documentation section.

Version 4.51.03.1900

Released on 7/11/2008

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Severe bug with document saving

Large documents may get corrupted after modifications are saved in the Hex Editor Neo. This release fixes this bug.

Upgrade is strongly recommended!

Version 4.51.02.1865

Released on 7/3/2008

Release Changes

Updated Features

Find in Files

Find in Files feature updates its behavior for the "Find all occurrences" mode. Now located documents are not automatically opened in the editor, thus saving system resources when doing large searches.

Located documents may be opened by double-clicking them in the list or using the Find in Files » Open File command. When you open a document this way, all pattern occurrences are selected in it.

Bug Fixes

Bookmarks
Next Bookmark and Previous Bookmark commands caused the view to lose focus. Fixed.

Version 4.51.01.1856

Released on 7/2/2008

Release Changes

Updated Features

Disassembler

A disassembler module has been carefully redesigned. It now allows you to have several views opened for the same document, each displaying different parts of it. It also works smoother and faster and fixes a number of bugs.

Bug Fixes

Base Converter
A number of bugs in Base Converter module have been fixed.

Version 4.51.00.1826

Released on 6/27/2008

Release Changes

New Features

Disassembler
Hex Editor now includes a disassembler module. The current implementation is capable of disassembling 32-bit x86 code, including support for FPO, MMX, SSE, SSE2 and 3DNow! instruction sets. Disassembler automatically searches for symbol files and uses the information from them to increase the assembly output readability. The Disassembler View may be connected to ordinary editor window which provides you with another handy data viewing and manipulation tool. The disassembler module works with files and processes' memory and is even automatically updated when you modify the document.
Regular Expressions
Find, Find All, Replace, Replace All, Find in Files, Replace in Files, Pattern Coloring and Pattern Statistics commands and modules now fully support regular expressions. ECMAScript-compatible implementation of regular expressions provide you with extreme power ever found in binary editors. Very efficient implementation of "bulk" commands (Find All, Replace All, Find in Files and Replace in Files) combined with unique features of Hex Editor's multiple selection feature, together form an invaluable editing tool. A concept of named regular expression classes even allows you to define recursive grammars.
Window Switching
Hex Editor now provides fast and convenient tool that can be used to instantly activate any visible tool window or editor window. When you press Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + Shift + Tab (user configurable), a navigation window is displayed. It provides the list of visible tool windows and all opened editor windows for you to activate.
Code Pane
Hex Editor now provides you with a method to completely hide a code pane, leaving only the text pane visible. Combined with the auto columns mode, it is a powerful tool to edit text or binary-text data.
Default Layouts (Three Different Ones)
When you run the Hex Editor for the first time, you are provided with a choice of default working layout. You can choose between a "Novice User Layout", "Advanced User Layout" and "Expert User Layout". You can later change the chosen layout or make your own.

Updated Features

Major performance boost

This release introduces a number of major performance optimizations that affect most Hex Editor functions. In general, the following performance boost is estimated:

  • Fill, Delete, Cut and Paste - when they operate over a multiple selection - have up to 3x performance boost.
  • Find All, File Compare, Selection Loading - up to 10% performance boost.
  • Replace All - from 1.5x to 2x performance boost.

Similar numbers refer to Find in Files and Replace in Files functions.

Bug Fixes

Several bugs
A fair number of reported bugs have been fixed.
Hex Editor Neo on Windows XP 64-bit and Windows 2003 Server 64-bit
On some Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server (64-bit) product does not start. Fixed.

Version 4.41.01.1551

Released on 5/28/2008

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Several bugs
A number of reported bugs have been fixed. Upgrade is strongly recommended.

Version 4.41.00.1523

Released on 5/16/2008

Release Changes

New Features

Printing Support
Full printing support is now available in Hex Editor Neo.
Case Change Operations
Hex Editor Neo now offers three new Data Operations: Lower Case, Upper Case and Invert Case. Case change operations take into account current encoding and are capable to work with Unicode data.
Application-Wide Byte Order Support
Hex Editor Neo now fully supports both little-endian and big-endian byte orders. Different byte order can be set separately for each editor window and there is an option that controls whether floating-point types are affected by byte order change. Byte order change commands have been removed from Data Inspector and Structure Viewer modules, as they now respect the byte order configured for a window.
Modify Bits Command
New Modify Bits command allows you to see a visual binary representation of the number and modify individual bits.
Copy and Cut Work Without Selection
Copy and Cut commands can now be used when there is no selection in the current editor window. In this case, only the cell under the cursor is copied/cut into the Clipboard.

Updated Features

Performance optimizations
A number of various performance optimizations have been done.

Bug Fixes

Several bugs
A number of reported bugs have been fixed.

Version 4.33.01.1458

Released on 5/5/2008

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

GPF Fixed
A program crash with new Toggle Tool Windows command has been fixed. A program crashes if there are any auto-hidden frames active at the time you use this command.

Version 4.33.00.1453

Released on 5/4/2008

Release Changes

New Features

"Toggle Tool Windows" command
A "Toggle Tool Windows" command has been added. This command may be used to quickly hide all opened tool windows and then bring them back.

Bug Fixes

Several bugs
Several bugs (in Structure Viewer, Data Inspector, File Compare, NTFS Streams and other modules have been fixed).

Version 4.32.00.1439

Released on 4/29/2008

Release Changes

New Features

Opening volumes (logical disks)
Hex Editor now supports opening volumes (logical disks) for viewing and editing.
Opening physical disks
Hex Editor now supports opening physical disks for viewing and editing.
Opening process memory
Hex Editor now allows you to open virtual memory of any running process for read-only or read-write access.
Opening computer physical memory (RAM)
Hex Editor provides a read-only view into the computer physical memory (RAM) - only on supported operating systems.
Data encryption and decryption
A whole document or a part of it may be encrypted and decrypted, using any installed block or stream cipher.
Data Operations
A large set of data operation (bitwise, arithmetic and shifts) are provided.
File comparison
Hex Editor provides two file comparison algorithms, which is fast and accurate and can be used to compare text and binary data files.

Updated Features

Structure Viewer
Added little-endian/big-endian switch to the Structure Viewer.

Bug Fixes

Several bugs
A number of reported bugs have been fixed.

Version 4.21.03.1184

Released on 3/27/2008

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

History Purge command
Bugs in History Purge command have been fixed.

Version 4.21.02.1171

Released on 3/25/2008

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Several bugs fixed
A number of reported bugs (including application crashes) have been fixed.

Version 4.21.00.1149

Released on 3/21/2008

Release Changes

New Features

NTFS Streams
Hex Editor now fully supports NTFS alternate data streams. A special NTFS Streams Tool Window displays all streams for the currently active file, allows you to delete or rename them, open them for editing or create new streams.
Find Streams
Find Streams feature allows you to locate all NTFS alternate data streams on your computer.

Updated Features

Performance optimizations

This release has undergone several performance optimizations resulted in significant speed-ups in the following commands and features:

  • * A special image cache speeds up application loading time. This special cache stores pre-rendered vector images (which are used throughout the Hex Editor) to significantly reduce the application startup time, which was very small even before this cache was implemented!
  • * A numer of algorithm improvements allowed several editing functions to operate much faster and consume much less RAM. This include typing, inserting and deleting (with complex multiple selection).
  • * Several improvements were made to the Find in Files feature, leading to much less memory consumption by this function.
  • * File saving algorithms undergone several optimizations leading to smoother and faster saving.
Find in Files
Find in Files is now capable of searching (and replacing) a pattern in file's named streams.
File Attributes
File Attributes window now displays the total number of file's named streams, their size and the total size the file occupies on disk.

Bug Fixes

Several bugs
A number of reported bugs (including application crashes) have been fixed.

Version 4.11.02.1064

Released on 3/11/2008

Release Changes

Updated Features

Processor support
Previous versions of Hex Editor Neo required SSE support. SSE support is not required anymore; instead, SSE is automatically used if available. Older processors are now supported.

Bug Fixes

Several bugs
A number of reported bugs (including application crashes) were fixed.

Version 4.11.01.1054

Released on 3/7/2008

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Text pasting bug
Invalid text size determination if pasting text copied from some applications. Fixed.
Checksum Calculation bugs
Invalid 32-bit Sum calculation on x64. Fixed. Several performance optimizations.
Invalid cursor offset
Cursor offset may become invalid when switching view types. Fixed.
Create Patch operation cannot be cancelled
Cancel button does not work for lengthy Create Patch operation. Fixed.
Find in Files recently used folder
Find in Files pattern dialog does not restore recently used folder. Fixed.
Saving bugs
Several bugs related to document saving have been fixed.

Version 4.11.00.1041

Released on 3/5/2008

Release Changes

New Features

Built-In Explorer
Hex Editor now has two Windows Explorer-like windows as part of its user interface. They can be used to perform usual file and folder operations and also tightly coupled with Hex Editor. For example, you can open files in the editor by double-clicking them in the Explorer window simply dragging them to the editor's window.
Encodings
Hex Editor is now capable of displaying text in the text pane according to a selected encoding. More than 130 different encodings are supported (subject to installed code page files and fonts). When the cursor is in the text pane, typed characters are also converted using the selected encoding. Encoding can be set separately for each editor window. Different ANSI, UNICODE, ISO, OEM, MAC, EBCDIC and country-specific encodings are supported.
Checksum Calculation
Hex Editor supports 16 checksum calculation algorithms, including MD5, SHA-1, CRC-16, CRC-32 and others. Custom CRC algorithm is also provided. You can compute the checksum for the whole file or for the current (multiple) selection. Several checksums may be computed at the same time. Results are easily exportable and copyable to the Clipboard.
Advanced Copy & Export
Selected document data may now be converted into a number of supported text formats and placed into the Clipboard or exported to a file. Space-separated or comma-separated numbers, raw text with selected encoding, programming language array declaration, Base64, UUencode and Quoted-Printable are among supported formats.
Pasting Text
Text may now be pasted into the editor. Depending on the active pane, the text is either pasted "as is" (if the text pane is active), or parsed as a sequence of hexadecimal or decimal integers (if the code pane is active).

Updated Features

Data Inspector
Data Inspector tool window adds support for little endian and big endian byte order, as well as adds FILETIME, time_t, DOSTIME and DOSDATE fields.

Bug Fixes

Several Bugs
Several reported bugs have been fixed.

Version 4.01.00.0911

Released on 2/20/2008

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Application crashes after saving file
There were several bugs related to saving changes in files, including saving large file (more than 64 MB) and saving to volumes with too little free space. Fixed.
Minor bugs
Minor bugs in History, Multiple Selection, Bookmarks, Pattern Coloring and Structure Viewer modules have been fixed.

Version 4.00.00.0867

Released on 2/13/2008

Release Changes

Bug Fixes

Application crashes
A number of application crashes have been fixed

Version 4.00.00.0853

Released on 2/12/2008
No changes are available for this release.

Version 3.12

Released on 1/1/2007
No changes are available for this release.