Installing the Binary Distribution

1. Extract the files from the zip file to a temporary directory using PKUNZIP or WinZip.

2. Exit any applications that you are running, run HexEd3_2.MSI and follow the instructions.

3. You may install the following components:

• Program Files - HexEdit.exe and ancillary files.
• Help Files - help (binary) files.
• Templates - Installs some example templates for .BMP (Windows bitmap), .SWF (Flash), .DBF (dBase 3 database), etc
• Skins - Installs some sample skins for you to try.

4. When the installation is complete remove the installation files from the temporary directory. You may want to keep the zip file in case you have to reinstall HexEdit or to pass along to friends and colleagues.

5. If you intend to run HexEdit from the command line then it needs to be found in your PATH. You can do this by adding the directory where you installed HexEdit to your PATH. Alternatively you can move HexEdit.EXE to a directory that is already in your path, although this may confuse any attempt to remove HexEdit from the system.

Note: Always keep the help file (HexEdit.CHM), the custom toolbar buttons file (DefaultToolbarButtons.bmp), the tips file (HexEdit.TIP), and the EBCDIC translation file (EBCDIC.TAB), if needed, in the same directory as the executeable (HexEdit.EXE).

Installing the Source Code

1. The zip file contains a directory tree, so extract "with folders".

2. Visual C++ 6 or later is required to build the project.

3. Create a blank project workspace and add the HexEdit project (hexedit.dsp) to it.