The 'Buffer Setup' dialog

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The dialog allows controlling the data presentation in the Buffer Dump window. You can open the dialog using the windows local menu (the Windows Setup command) or by clicking the Setup button on the window toolbar.

 

Element of dialog

Description

 

Buffer:

The field displays a list of all open buffers. The programming functions will be applied to the active one.

Display Format

Is represented by three radio buttons. Here you can select one of the formats for the data displayed: binary, decimal or hexadecimal.

Display Data As:

Is represented by four radio buttons. Here you can select the data presentation format in the buffer: 1, 2, 3 or 4 Byte.

Options

The options here customize the display format.

ASCII pane

If the box is checked the right pane will display ASCII characters corresponding to the data in the buffer dump.  

Display checksum

If the box is checked the calculated checksum will be displayed in the blue strip over the data dump, right under the window local toolbar.

Limit dump to sub-layer size

If the box is checked the window dump will display a part of memory equal to the active sub-layer's size.

Signed decimal and hex values

If the box is checked the most significant bit (MSB) in the data shown in the binary or hexadecimal formats will be treated as a sign. If MSB=1 the data is negative, if MSB=0 they are positive.
 

Always display '+' or  '-'

This is a sub-setting for the Signed decimal and hex values option. If both boxes are checked then the signs '+' and '-' will be displayed.

Leading zeroes for decimal numbers

If the box is checked then each decimal data will be shown with a number of zeros before the first significant digit - for example the value of 256 will be presented as 00000256.

Reverse bytes in words  ( LSB first)

If the box is checked then the order of bytes in words will be reversed, e.g. the MSB will follow the LSB.

Reverse words in dwords

If the box is checked then the order of 16-bit words in 32-bit words will be reversed.

Reverse dwords in qwords

If the box is checked then the order of 32-bit words in 64-bit words will be reversed.

Non-printable ASCII characters

The characters from the ranges 0х00...0х20 and 0х80...0хFF are non-printable. The options here customize presentations of non-printable ASCII characters in the ASCII pane of the buffer dump window.

Replace characters  0х00...0х20

If the box is checked then all the characters belonging to the range 0х00...0х20 will be replaced with the character dot ('.') or space (' '). The  pair of toggling radio buttons Replace with: sets the replacement character - dot ('.') or space (' ').

Replace characters 0х80...0хFF

If the box is checked then all the characters belonging to the range 0х80...0хFF will be replaced with the character dot ('.') or space (' '). The  pair of toggling radio buttons Replace with: sets the replacement character - dot ('.') or space (' ').