Binary Data Viewer

In the Database Viewer, click a table in Database Object View that contains binary data and select View Data from the context menu. The Database Viewer uses the words Binary Data to indicate that a cell contains binary data. Double click the cell to launch the Binary Data Viewer.
Note
  • By default, the Binary Data Viewer retains previously-set options. The options reset when you view binary data that contains a different number of bytes compared to the data from the previous view or when you close the Database Viewer application.
  • The Binary Data Viewer uses the data type you specify to parse the binary data.

The Binary Data Viewer dialog box contains the following tabs:

  • Data Tab —Displays the parsed elements in list form. This tab modifies the display based on the display options you set.
  • Graph Tab —Plots the parsed elements on a graph. This tab modifies the graph based on the display options you set.
  • Memory Tab —Displays the parsed elements in hexadecimal and character data form. This tab modifies the display based on the data type you set.

Use the following display options in the Binary Data Viewer tabs:

  • Data Type —Specifies one of the following data types with which to parse the bytes data.
    • 8-bit integer
    • 16-bit integer
    • 32-bit integer
    • 64-bit integer
    • Floating-point integer
    • Double-precision, floating-point integer
    Note If an element corresponds to a valid character, the Binary Data Viewer displays the character with the element for 8-bit and 16-bit integers.
  • Array Dimensions —Specifies the following array dimension options to modify the display of the parsed elements.
    • 1 —Displays one column for indexes and another column for parsed elements. The graph tab uses the indexes as x values and the corresponding parsed elements as y values to plot the data.
    • 2 —You can specify the number of rows/columns to create and which row/column index contains the X axis values for the graph. The graph tab uses the values in the row/column index as x values and the corresponding values in other columns as y values to plot the data.
      • Data Arranged —Includes the following options to change the arrangement of the parsed elements.
        • Row-wise —Reads and displays the parsed elements according to row.
        • Number of Rows —Specifies the number of rows to create.
        • Column-wise —Reads and displays the parsed elements according to column.
        • Number of Columns —Specifies the number of columns to create.
      • Data Contains —Specifies whether the data contains only y-values or x- and y-values.
      • X-Values in Row —Specifies the row that contains x-values if the data contains x- and y-values when you select Row-wise in the Data Arranged option.
      • X-Values in Column —Specifies the column that contains x-values if the data contains x- and y-values when you select Column-wise in the Data Arranged option.
        Note The Data tab highlights x values in the row or column you specify.
    • 3 or more —Displays the Specify Array Dimension field in which you can specify a multi-dimensional string.
      • Specify Array Dimension —Specifies the dimension string for the array when you select 3 or more in the Array Dimensions option. Use the [lower,higher][lower,higher][lower,higher] syntax for the string. For example, specify a four-dimensional array as: [1,4][1,5][0,9][1,10] . Click the View Data button or press the <Enter> key after you enter the dimension string to view the data on the Data tab or to view the graph on the Graph tab.
        Note The graph tab displays the data as a one-dimensional array.
      • View Data —Displays the multi-dimensional array using the dimension string you specified in the Specify Array Dimension option.
  • View —Uses one of the following options to specify the values to view, where N is a number you specify:
    • All Values
    • First N Values
    • Every Nth Value

Binary Data Viewer Menu

The Binary Data Viewer menu includes an options menu and a print menu.

The Options menu contains the following options:

  • Print Option: Page Header —Specifies the document header to display on each printed page.
  • Graph Option: Label Datapoints in Graph —Includes labels for data points on the graph. This option is disabled by default.

The print menu contains the following options:

  • Print —Launches the standard Print dialog box.
  • Quick Print —Prints the data or graph the selected tab displays using the default printer.
  • Print Preview —Launches Print Preview dialog box.