HEXER 1.O1					June, 1996

**** NOTICE: *****

This software may be given to your friends and co-workers and may 
be freely distributed on any CD, BBS, WEB page, etc. without 
requesting the consent of the authors. Thanks for your interest 
in HEXER. 


**** HOW TO USE: ****

Unzip the distribution file. Run SETUP.EXE. Double-click on 
HEXER.EXE from file manager.

Select the file you want to browse. HEXER will display the first
160 bytes in "over-under" hex format. The "BYTE=>" indicator will
contain the absolute byte# you are pointing at as you move the
mouse cursor over the HEXER display.

The filename, size, and date will be displayed on the top of the
HEXER form.

You can scroll using the scrollbar, the PgUp/PgDn keys, the "UP"
and "DOWN" buttons, or the alt-U/alt-D hot-keys.

You can go instantly to any particular position in the file by
keying in the byte number and using the "GO TO" button. HEXER
recognizes the keywords TOP (top of file), BOT (bottom of file)
and MID (middle of file) in the "GO TO" window.

To examine any eight-byte section, double-click on the eight byte
block of interest. The "HEXER Details" window will be displayed
with the eight byte block detailed in ASCII, Hex, Decimal, Octal,
and Binary format. The "HEXER Details" window is non-modal, so
you can leave it open while examining other areas of the file on
the main HEXER screen.

To find a string click on "FIND" to bring up the HEXER Search 
Criteria window. You can specify a search string in ASCII or Hex.
The search may be started from TOP DOWN, BOTTOM UP, CURRENT PAGE
DOWN, or CURRENT PAGE UP. For ASCII searches you can specify
whether or not the search will be case-sensitive. 

For ASCII searches, you can use the "?" as a wildcard character.
For example, a search argument of VBRUN???.DLL would find both
VBRUN200.DLL and VBRUN300.DLL

You can have HEXER scan the entire file without stopping and count
the number of times it finds the search string in the file.

HEXER will remember the last 10 search criterias entered. These
may be instantly invoked using the Search String drop-down combo
box on the Search Criteria window.

When a search is in progress, HEXER will display a search progess
window that is NON-MODAL. You may scroll and examine other areas
of the file while the search is running.

When HEXER finds a match during a search, the page containing the
match will be displayed and the eight byte section where the match
starts will be highlighted. The FIND-NEXT button will be active to
continue the search from that point. The GoTo window will contain
the byte where the matching string begins.

Speed: The HEXER search engine will search 100k in less than 2 seconds
on a 486/66 processor with 16 Megs of RAM. It doesn't matter if it's 
ASCII or HEX, forward or backwards.

You can customize the HEXER display by clicking the "OPTIONS"
button. This lets you choose the background and text colors for
the HEXER display.

HEXER can handle any file up to 2GB in size.


**** DLL's *********************

Hexer requires VB4 32-bit run-time DLL's. We don't distribute them
because their bulk would make the size of HEXER.ZIP extermely large
to download and most of our users have these DLL's already on their
system.

If you get a message that you are missing a DLL while installing or
running HEXER, you can download the necessary DLL's for free from
the CompuServe VBPJFO forum. They are also available for free on AOL
and the Internet.

Frankly, we think these DLL's should have been included with the 
Win95 and NT installation kits. For some arcane reason, Mr. Gates
decided not to (or, maybe he just plain forgot). Anyway ... THANKS BILL!


**** HOW TO REGISTER: ($10) ****

We gaurantee that the registration key will work with all future 
HEXER releases. We only ask that you agree to make every effort
to keep the registration key confidential. Thanks for your support.  

1. Credit card: Call 1-800-447-ISES to order by Credit Card. You
   will receive the Registration Key immediately. You may also
   fax your credit card order to 908-580-1008. Be sure to include
   your name, address, phone#, credit card# and expiration date,
   and your CompuServe or Internet ID if you have one. We accept 
   Master Card, Visa, and American Express. You may also e-mail
   the credit card info to any of our addresses listed below.

2. CompuServe SWREG: HEXER's SWREG ID is 11696. You will receive
   the Registration Key via e-mail within 24 hours.



**** HOW TO CONTACT THE AUTHORS: ****

You can contact the authors of HEXER as follows:

1. CompuServe e-mail. Our ID is: 72417,627.

2. America On-Line e-mail. Our ID is: ISES INC.

3. Internet e-mail. Our Internet ID is: ises@ix.netcom.com

4. Fax: 908-580-1008.

5. U.S. Mail:	Jim Barrett
		ISES Inc.
		102 Sunrise Drive
		Gillette, NJ 07933

6. Voice: 1-800-447-ISES.


**** What's new in Hexer 1.01

1. Some minor bugs in the "hex search" and "count occurrences"
functions have been fixed. The results are now completely accurate.

2. The search engine has been tuned again and will produce slightly
faster search times.


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