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Welcome to the vEdit Wiki. Learn how to configure and use your vEdit editor.

Note: We're adding content to this new wiki all the time. For comprehensive vEdit documentation, see the following:

User's Manual

Macro Language Manual

Get Acrobat Reader

Getting Started

Windows Installation

• Windows Installation Overview
• vEdit Trial Install
• Quick Windows Install
• Detailed Windows Install

USB Flash Drive Installation

• USB Drive Installation Overview
• Quick USB Drive Install
• vEdit USB Shortcut
• USB Additional Options

Frequently Asked Questions

• Complete Frequently Asked Questions
• How do I try vEdit?
• How do I install vEdit?
• What is the largest file vEdit can edit?

• How do I save just blocks of larger files?
• How do I convert an EBCDIC file into ASCII?
• Can I automatically convert an EBCDIC file from a batch file?
• Can I automatically convert a UNIX file to Window/DOS from a batch file?

Edit EBCDIC, ASCII, ANSI, Hex, Text and Multiple Files

Binary / Data and Text File Types

• Binary/Data and Text File Types Overview
• Windows/DOS and UNIX Text Files
• Macintosh Text Files
• Binary/Data Files - Record Mode
• Database Files with Headers

Hex Mode Editing

• Hex Mode Editing Overview
• Searching in Hex, Decimal or Octal
• Enter Numbers in Hexadecimal

ANSI and OEM Characters

• ANSI and OEM Characters

Editing Multiple Files

• Editing Multiple Files Overview
• Open More Sub-menu Option
• Switching Between Files - Edit Buffers
• Editing Buffer Details

EBCDIC Editing

• EBCDIC Editing Overview
• Directly Editing EBCDIC Text Files
• Edit EBCDIC Binary/Data Files in Hexadecimal
• Translate / Convert EBCDIC Files

ASCII Table

• ASCII Table

Convert and Translate EBCDIC, ASCII, ANSI, Windows, UNIX... Files

Converting Files

• Convert Between Windows, Mac and Linux File Types
• Confirm File Type
• Convert Fixed-Length Records
• Make All Lines the Same Length
• Strip Trailing Spaces from File

Translating Files

• Translate between EBCDIC and ASCII
• Translate between ASCII and Unicode
• Translate between ANSI and OEM-PC
• Create Custom Translation Tables
• Loading other Translate Tables

Block Operations and Sorting Lines

Block Operations

• Block Operations Overview
• Highlighting Text Blocks
• Copy and Paste Blocks
• Text Registers and Scratchpad
• Indent and Columnar Blocks

Sorting Lines

• Sorting Lines in a File
• Sort by Multiple Fields
• Collate Tables
• Create Your Own Collate Table
• Sorting Algorithm

Search and Replace

Search and Replace

• Search & Replace Overview
• Search Basics, Modes, & Options
• Search & Replace Basics
• Incremental Searching

Pattern Matching

• Pattern Matching Overview
• Pattern Matching Multiple Characters
• Pattern Matching Sets
• Use Text Registers in Search Strings

Regular Expressions

• Regular Expressions Overview
• Special Matching Characters
• Groups and Replacement Strings
• Matching the “Newline”

Search and Replace Commands

• Search and Replace Commands Overview
• Searching and Search Options
• Replacing Commands
• Unsuccessful Search and Replace

Command Mode and Command Line

Command Mode

• Command Mode Overview
• Access Command Mode
• Entering Command Mode
• Command Mode Window

Command Line

• Command Line Overview
• Command Line Editing
• Command Syntax
• Command Arguments

Basic Commands

• Basic Commands Overview
• Help Command
• Config Commands
• Moving The Edit Position

Search and Replace Commands

• Search and Replace Commands Overview
• Searching and Search Options
• Replacing Commands
• Unsuccessful Search and Replace

Automation with vEdit

vEdit Automation

• Automation Overview
• Automate Strip Trailing Whitespace
• Automate Converting Tabs to Spaces
• Process Entire Group of Files

vEdit Office Task Automation

• Office Task Automation Overview
• Transfer Data Between Databases and Accounting Programs
• Working with Databases
• Working with Email Addresses Macros