BrainHex 1.1 review

BrainHex is a full-featured resource editor for use with applications or files.

License: Shareware OS: Mac OS X File size: 329K Developer: BrainScan Software Buy Now Price: $25.00 Updated: 13 Oct 2005

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BrainHex is a full-featured resource editor for use with applications or files.

BrainHex lets you view the resource or the data fork of a file,in hexadecimal format. Search and replace functionality is built in along with other powerful features for the development environment.

Here are some key features of "BrainHex":
Open multiple data and resource forks simultaneously.
Create new files or new forks for existing files.
Search and Replace forward and backward through a fork.
Insert or overwrite data entered in Hex or ASCII.
Jump to specified address, optionally extracted from selected data.
Drop any document or group of documents to the BrainHex icon for easy opening.
Custom font (Hexus) for viewing non-displayable ASCII characters.
Full-featured Finder Info editing dialog.
Edit values in ASCII, Hex, Signed and Unsigned Decimal, Octal, Binary, or Roman Numerals.
Export of Hex dumps as TEXT files.
Printing of Hex dumps.
Extensive use of Balloon help.
Launch open document to its creating application or an application of your choosing.
Open and edit Alias files.
Undo of latest document-altering operation.
Fat binary - PowerMac and 68k native.

Limitations:
30 days trial.

What's New:
Totally revamped Finder Info window is now non-modal.
New fork comparison commands let you compare two forks side-by-side.
ASCII display in your choice of fonts.
Unified Open and New commands for data, resource and Finder Info windows.
Multiple windows open to a single file are now properly managed.
Close All command.
Improved Save As command.
Command-click in title bar for path popup menu (like Finder windows).
Added "Date" mode to Edit Selection dialog.
Added "Copy Form" button to the shareware registration form.
Many bug fixes and minor interface improvements.