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Hex Format Conversion Settings

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The Conversion page defines how files should be loaded and saved.

1.Choose Tools | File Formats (Beyond Compare | File Formats on macOS) to open the File Formats dialog.

2.Select a hex format.

3.Click the Conversion page.

4.Choose a Conversion method.  When using External program methods, you will need to specify a conversion program with the appropriate path and command-line switches in the Loading edit box.  In order to support filenames with extended characters, make sure to choose the appropriate filename encoding (Unicode or ANSI).  The following variables will be replaced with the indicated information:

 %s        source file

 %t        target file

 %o        original file

Conversion programs are only considered successful if they return a zero exit code and generate a nonempty file.

4.If you have a conversion program you want to use before saving, you can clear the Prevent editing checkbox and use the Saving control to  specify that conversion program's path and command-line switches.  The above variables apply.