XnView Software

Posted: **Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:04 pm**

With Options>Read/Write: 'Show hexadecimal for non-displayable files' ON, when you open a non-displayable file via Menu>File>Open, you get an error message "Format of the file <> could not be determined".

XnView should directly show the Hex mode without any error message.

Posted: **Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:42 pm**

Hello !

• This was the usual behaviour in very old versions, IIRC…

- So, I support !

KR
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Clo

Posted: **Sun Nov 19, 2006 3:10 am**

I agree.

Posted: **Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:16 pm**

I don't get an error message with Beta 2 but the files fail to appear in hex mode in XnView.

Posted: **Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:52 pm**

ckit wrote:I don't get an error message with Beta 2 but the files fail to appear in hex mode in XnView.

Strange, if i use menu File/open a unknown file, i have the hexa view

Posted: **Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:17 pm**

ckit wrote:I don't get an error message with Beta 2 but the files fail to appear in hex mode in XnView.

Confirmed for me too...

Posted: **Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:24 pm**

Olivier_G wrote:
ckit wrote:I don't get an error message with Beta 2 but the files fail to appear in hex mode in XnView.
Confirmed for me too...

It works for me. Have you changed your 'Open With' and 'Items Displayed' settings since first reporting this?

Posted: **Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:54 pm**

marsh wrote:Have you changed your 'Open With' and 'Items Displayed' settings since first reporting this?

You nailed it! I just set Options>Keyboard/Mouse>"Open action" for 'All other files' to 'XnView' and the unknown file was opened in hexaview...

But...
...XnView should open a file in XnView if I specifically use Menu>Open (rather than using Keyboard/Mouse on Filelist) and bypass all those "Open action" settings. This is the way it works for recognized files, right?

Posted: **Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:11 pm**

Olivier_G wrote:
marsh wrote:Have you changed your 'Open With' and 'Items Displayed' settings since first reporting this?
You nailed it! I just set Options>Keyboard/Mouse>"Open action" for 'All other files' to 'XnView' and the unknown file was opened in hexaview...

But...
...XnView should open a file in XnView if I specifically use Menu>Open (rather than using Keyboard/Mouse on Filelist) and bypass all those "Open action" settings. This is the way it works for recognized files, right?

Yes, I think Menu>File>Open bypasses all those settings (with some version or another).

Posted: **Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:26 am**

Olivier_G wrote:But...
...XnView should open a file in XnView if I specifically use Menu>Open (rather than using Keyboard/Mouse on Filelist) and bypass all those "Open action" settings. This is the way it works for recognized files, right?

Works fine according to this situation. Thank you Pierre! -> Closed.

XnView Software

B1: error with 'Open' non-displayable file when Hex is ON

B1: error with 'Open' non-displayable file when Hex is ON

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