XnView Software

Can XnView read .hed files? HighEdit is an old word-processor, and the only thinhg I have seen that is purported to read the .hed files is XnView. But I tried it and it does not recognize the format... Is there an addon or something I need?

Thanks,

--Jimbo

So .hed is a text format?

Guest

Hello !

• Options (F12) >> General >> Operation (default tab), tick the box [×] Display all image file types.
- Options >> File List >> Add the HED extension in the field at the bottom of the dialogue
(“Include” is the upper field of the two, that isn't indicated…).
Tick the boxes for the view-modes you want display the format in.
• That HED format is alright listed @ reading as image format…

Kind regards,
Claude
Clo

Claude,
Thanks for the reply. I ticked the "Display all image file types" box, and added "HED" to the second "Custom Files(*)" textbox field at the bottom of the "File List" tab, and ticked all four boxes above it ("Thumbnails", "Other", "Show as Thunbnails", "Show In Preview").

I assume that "(“Include” is the upper field of the two, that isn't indicated…). " means that the upper of the two identically labelled texboxes is intended such that entering "HTM" would encompass both .htm and .html files.


But I don't have any idea what this means: "That HED format is alright listed @ reading as image format…"

And when I double-click on the file in XnView, I get a "format of the file could not be determined" error.

--Jim


Pierre,
No, it is a binary format.

jimbo123

Hello Jim ! Welcome aboard as a Member !

• You must indeed add the extension on the "Include" field. You may see that clearer having a glance HERE

…But I don't have any idea what this means: "That HED format is alright listed @ reading as image format…"…

• It means that it's present in the official list of supported formats for reading (only), like shown from the Info Menu,
and also THERE as easier to use…

KR
Claude
Clo

aaahhhhh. I understand now. The first textbox is "Include", as opposed to the second textbox, which is "Exclude".

I found that "Hi-Eddi" is an old image processing format written for the Commodore 64 by Hans Haberl, in the 1980s. And the .hed files that XnView supports are Hi-Eddi, rather than the .hed format for HighEdit.

So the good news is that I learned a bit about a cool software package (XnView); but the bad news is that it doesn't read my .hed files...

Thanks so much for your help!

--Jimbo