Frequently Asked Questions
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Here are some questions that are frequently asked about vEdit in general, specifically about EBCDIC and our services.

General Product Questions

What is the largest file vEdit can edit?

vEdit Pro has no upper limit and can edit 100+ Gigabyte files.

Standard vEdit can edit any text, data, binary, etc files up to two (2) Gigabytes (2000 Megabytes) in size. To edit files larger than this, vEdit can be used to split the file into smaller parts, e.g., 1-Gigabyte parts, which can then be edited. After editing, the Windows "copy" command can be used to concatenate the parts back into one file

How do I try vEdit?

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How do I install vEdit?

We offer guides on how to install vEdit on a Windows PC and a USB Flash Drive:

How do I get the Serial-Registration number for the latest version of vEdit?

Please contact us directly to verify your eligibility. If eligible, we will email you a new Serial-Registration number. For versions older than 5.21, you can request the password by contacting us.

vEdit Print Questions

How do I print in WYSIWYG (e.g., Hex, as displayed on the screen)?

Set CONFIG > Preferences > Printer > Print mode to 0=Win. Printing is then in the same mode as the display mode for the current window. The online help for the configuration box describes the print mode in more detail.

Since lines displayed in hex are three times as long as regular lines, they typically are truncated at the right side of the printed page. One solution to this is to set CONFIG, Preferences, Printer then Right margin to the number of characters per printed line, typically "80" or "96".

How can vEdit print in landscape mode?

Press Ctrl-P to get the print dialog box. Then select Properties from which you can select Landscape mode.

For vEdit only: While in vEdit set CONFIG > Preferences > Printer > Paper orientation to "2=Landscape".. Printing is then in Landscape mode until changed again, or after vEdit is closed. If CONFIG, Auto-save config is checked, then the change also becomes "permanent" for each subsequent vEdit run. Otherwise, to make this printing option "permanent", click CONFIG then Save config.

Technical Support Questions

How can I change the number of recently opened files in the FILE menu?

Beginning with vEdit 5.15 for Windows, the number of MRU files listed in the File menu can be changed by editing the value "MaxMRU" in the VEDIT.INI file.

Adding "Open with VEDIT" to my right-click context menu does not seem to work correctly, how do I configure this?

Beginning with VEDIT 6.10, "Open with VEDIT" works correctly with Windows XP/7/8/8.1/10.

"Open with VEDIT" can be enabled / disabled by selecting CONFIG then Associate file types within vEdit.

How can I edit files larger than two (2) Gigabytes, or split a huge file into smaller parts in Standard vEdit?

Run the Splitter macro by selecting MISC, More macros and then Splitter.
At the prompt, enter the name of the file to be split, then the file will be split by creating files with filenames extensions.
Enter the desired size of the split parts (The default size is one (1) Megabyte).
Each split file can then be opened for editing; you can edit up to 100 files at once.
Once finished you can open all the files as one by using the Windows Copy command. The command is used to concatenate the file back into one file.

For example:

copy /b part.001+part.002+part.003+part.004 bigfile.ful

How do I save just blocks of larger files / split a file into two or more parts?

This is very easy to do by simply highlighting a block and selecting FILE then </kbd>Save block as</kbd> to write the block to a file.