Binary Settings

Use this dialog to configure binary settings. Binary settings are used with binary file localization and binary resource localization.

Definitions

Use this sheet to configure binary format. Sisulizer can localize and import data from various binary based files. In order to properly scan the binary file you need to specify the format. It is done by defining fields. It is possible to specify the definition case by case but if you need to constantly work with certain file type you can define the format and give it a name. Finally you can attach the definition to a file extension.

The combo box on the upper side of the dialog contains the configured definition. Select the definition you want to edit. Click + button to add a new. Click - to remove the selected one. Click notepad image to rename the selected definition.

Definition is used when

Specifies if definition is used when localizing files or when importing files.

Header and Record

These sheets contain the header and record definitions. Header is an optional block in the beginning of the file. The file contains only on header. Record is a mandatory definition and it specifies a record. The file contains one or more records after the header. Header and record contain fields where each field contains one single data such as integer value or string.

Click Add to add a new field. Click Remove to remove the selected field. Click Edit to edit the selected field. Click Move Up to move selected field one step up in the list. Click Move Down to move selected field one steop down in the list.

Options

Specifies the common options of the definition.

Byte order (endianess) specifies in which order data containing multiple bytes is written. Possible values are:

String encoding and string length specify what is the default string encoding. When you add a string field into header or record you can either specify a generic string field or encoding and length depend string field. The difference is that generic string always uses the default string encoding. Specific string fields use hard coded string encoding. If you binary file encodes all string values in the same way it is better to use generig strings. If the file contains two or more different string encodings you have to use specific strings or you can use generic string for the most common field and specific string for other fields.

Possible encoding methods are:

Possible length methods are:

File extensions edit contains the file extensions that use the defined binary format. If you give more that one extension separate them with semicolon (;).

Description

Enter any text that describes the definition.

Sample

Shows a sample binary data of a file using the current definition. The file contains three records.

Other

Click Test button to select a file and o run parsing on that fie using the current definition. Click Import button to import definition from a definition file. Click Export to export definition to a definition file. Click Sample to show a same sample as in the sample sheet but in a floating dialog.