Neotrek File Data Pro Software User Guide

Neotrek File Data Pro is the ideal file development and

construction utility for Developers, Administrators and

Power Users.

Neotrek File Data Pro allows you to perform the following tasks:

1. Create new files of any type.

2. Build and Design file structures of any format.

3. View and Repair files as well as data and content.

4. Import, Create and add content to records and data files.

5. Merge content from files and Restructure file data.

6. Compare files and test for parity.

7. Update folders and folder structures of files.

8. Mass rename files in folders numerically.

The various main tasks and functions of Neotrek File Data Pro

are accessable by using the tab strip to click on each heading.

The View File Tab:

From the View File tab a file can be opened for viewing in the

View Format selected by the radio button. A file can be

selected for viewing in Decimal, ASCII or Hexadecimal byte

format.

By clicking the File Information Button basic information about

a file can be determined, with additional options for file modification.

Important:

Neotrek file DataPro is a Developer Tool used to create, format

and repair files. The improper use of this powerful tool to modify

existing files could result in unexpected consequences.

The developer should make back up copies of any important

existing files before using Neotrek Data File Pro to modify

any files. Most files are formatted in a specific manner for a

specific purpose, and the user should have knowledge of the

format of any files being modified beforehand.

The Create File Tab:

By selecting the create file tab you can create a new file of any size.

When the file is created you can fill the contents and construct a file

in any format , using the variety of options on the other tabs. You

can now construct, merge or recombine file contents or data in

any way.

The Expand or Truncate file Tab:

This option allows you to increase the size of or reduce the size of a file.

The Copy Move in File Tab:

This option allows you to copy one section within one file to another area

within the same file.

The Erase Fill In File Tab:

This option allows you to erase the segment within a file or fill a specified

segment or area of the file with a given pattern. If a pattern is not supplied

then the erase or fill will be zeroed.

The Merge File to File Tab:

This option allows you to merge one file into a specified location within

a second file. You can also merge part of one file into another file.

The Insert Delete in Variable File Tab:

This option allows you to insert a new record or information into a file

that will expand the size of the file. It also allows you to delete part

of the file and this will reduce the file size by the same amount.

The File Information and Attributes Dialog:

The file information and attributes dialog allows you to view information

on the size of a file and also the times that a file has been accessed,

modified or created. You can also dynamically set the file attributes

using the radio buttons with the current file attributes shown. There

is also the option of pushing the rename button to open the rename file

dialog.

The Rename File Dialog:

The rename file dialog allows you to conveniently rename

a file by using the Apply button.

The File View:

The File Viewer allows you to view the contents of a file in one of the three viewing the

formats as set by the radio buttons. The top columns represent the byte offsets from

zero to 15 from the file offset shown on the left hand side. You can view almost any file

except for some of those that may be in use by another application at the same time.

The Find EditBox allows you to find patterns of bytes across byte viewing cells. You can

find any patterns in the file. In the above example two bytes are found with the pattern

18448 in decimal and the location can be found by clicking on a pattern item offset location.

The find pattern is generally what you see is what you get, therefore the find may not end

on an even byte boundary depending on the number format of the view and even byte boundary

is entered. The blank spaces between bytes shown in the viewer are ignored for a find.

The first whole byte of the found pattern is highlighted in red.

The viewer supports Decimal, ASCII and Hexadecimal viewing modes.

Mass Rename:

With the mass rename tab selected folders containing files with a simular content and extension

can be renamed in a numerical order from 1 to the number of files of a given type contained in the

folder.

Folders of picture files for web applications, for example, or data files of a given extension can be

renamed using a prefix before the filename and the type of file extension to filter.

The extension can be changed and the files with the extension given will be renamed.

Mixed upper and lower case filenames and extensions will be converted to lower case.

Folder Browse:

A folder is selected using the folder browse activated by the Browse For Folder button.

After A folder has been selected the Mass Rename Folder Files button is activated.

After pressing the Mass Rename Folder Files button the files of the filtered extension

are renamed numericaly using the prefix filename.

Comparing and Updating Files and Folders:

The file option compares 2 files for the same content.

Select the Load First File Button and Then the press the

Load Second File button to compare the contents of 2 single files.

The Update Folders button opens the Compare Update Folders information

Dialog Box. Click the “Continue” button. Files in folders and folder trees can

then be compared and updated.

The Include Subfolders checkbox can be either checked or unchecked.

Use the folder selection buttons to open folders A and B to compare.

This will open the browse for folders dialog boxes.

When a folder is selected the comparison viewer opens.

The comparison viewer tests for the following conditions:

Existance of file in A but not B
Existance of file in B but not A
Different Content in files of the Same Name.

The results are displayed in the viewer.

The Apply Filter button sets the constraints for the comparison of files and folders.

Options Folder Update Filter:

The options can be set using the checkboxes, or cleared using the Clear button.

If the content of two files of the same name is different the files are updated by

the date of file modification.

The manual update checkbox is only active if “Include Subfolders” is not checked,

and is for rare situations where some older versions files in a folder are needed.

This option manually steps though each file modification date, and can only be

used one folder level at a time.

If there are two folders being compared with subfolders, additional folders where

they are missing at one level will be created in the opposite folder tree. The

corresponding files will then be copied to the folders. This can be applied in one

or both directions depending on the options chosen.

The delete all zero byte files checkbox, if checked will automatically delete all zero

byte files in the update folders. If this option is unchecked, a message box containing

the filename will appear at each zero byte file and the update will be paused until

the user takes action to skip over the zero byte file.

Additional passes may be required with very complex subfolder structures.

If the folders are in parity the following result is displayed.

If there have been passes of the filter to the end of the options constraints a report of the

actions taken is displayed.

Manual Update:

A manual update can be done if the Include Subfolders checkbox is not checked in the

Compare Update Folders dialog box.

This is possible only at one folder level, where the time of last modification of files of the

same name in different folders can be reveiwed manually by the user on a file by file basis.

Check the “manual update of modification date (without subfolders only)” checkbox

in the filter dialog.

You can now choose the latest file time or rollback to an earlier file regardless of

the containing folder the file is in.

The About Dialog:

Displays information about Neotrek File Data Pro.