Settings
On this page you will find an overview of all options from the settings dialog of the FileAnalyzer with an explanation of the respective function. You reach the dialog described here via the "Settings" menu. An explanation of the functions of other program parts of the FileAnalyzer can be found in the function overview.
- General > File List > Configure Columns: Here you can specify which columns should be displayed in the file list in the main window. Enable a checkbox to display the corresponding column or remove the check mark in front of an entry to hide the respective column. You can change the order of the columns with your mouse. The default configuration can be restored using the "Reset" button. Alternatively, you can also call up this function by right-clicking on the file list.
- General > File List > Configure Filter: With this button you can open the filter settings that are used when adding files to the file list. You can learn more about this in the tutorial about the file filter settings.
- General > File Structure > Open new files in the last accessed path if available: If this option is enabled, the current path within the file structure will be retained when switching files. For example, if you have opened the path "/moov/trak/mdia/mdhd" of an MP4 file and then use the file list to select a new file that contains an identical path, this file will automatically be opened directly in this path and you can, for example, immediately view and compare the properties stored in this path when you switch back and forth between the files.
- General > Hex View: While in the left column of the hex view the bytes are displayed as such using their hexadecimal numerical value, the right column contains a visualization of these numerical values in text form. You can specify here which character encoding should be used for this visualization. All 7-bit and 8-bit single-byte code pages, which are also included in the TextEncoder and the TextConverter, are available to you. These are over 250 different character encodings from over 10 different alphabets respectively writing systems. When selecting a 7-bit encoding, all bytes with a value above 127 (7F) are represented as "+", since 7-bit code pages can only contain a maximum of 128 different characters in the byte range from 00 to 7F. In contrast, non-printable characters such as the ASCII control characters in the range from 00 to 1F are displayed as ".". Filter options that make your search for a character encoding easier are available in the context menu when you right-click on the selection box or if you click on the button "..." next to the selection box.
- General > Offset Format > Decimal / Hexadecimal: With these options you can specify whether the byte offsets in the FileAnalyzer should be displayed in decimal or hexadecimal notation. This affects the offsets of the properties shown in the detail table, the left side of the hex view as well as the byte offset information in the footer.
- General > Program Handling > Use Tab key to jump from control to control instead of typing a tabulation character: This option lets you specify what happens when the Tab key is pressed in a multi-line text field. If this option is activated, a TAB character (Code Point U+0009, Horizontal Tab) is entered directly as text in the corresponding text field. However, if this option is deactivated, you can use the tab character to jump to the next control element in the graphical user interface. If text tab input is enabled, you can use CTRL + TAB (instead of just TAB) to jump to the next control.
- General > Performance Tweaks > Limit Chunk Loading: Depending on the file size, Matroska containers (MKA, MKV, WEBM) can contain a very large number of clusters and blocks grouped within them (for example, elements of the type "SimpleBlock"), the loading of which can slow down program execution. Since these clusters and blocks (unlike track headers or meta tag elements, for example) do not contain any meaningful information for usual file analyses, loading can be limited to a maximum of 5 blocks per cluster using this option in order to speed up loading and working with Matroska files. Tip: If you only want to look at the structure of a file, you can furthermore collapse the hex view for an additional performance gain. Without this view, many bytes can be skipped when loading a file and the FileAnalyzer can work faster and with less use of resources if it is not necessary to load all bytes.
- System Integration: Here you can find some settings for linking files with the FileAnalyzer or for configuring the Auto Start settings. You can find more information about that in the help section about System Integration.
- Language (Menu "Language Settings"): Here you can change the language of the application. With the button "Save language" you can save your chosen language, otherwise the program will start if possible with the language of your operating system. More information about the language settings of the FileAnalyzer can be found here. If the FileAnalyzer has not yet been translated into your preferred language, you are welcome to help with the translation.
- Save (Menu "Save or Load Settings"): Here you can find ways to save the current settings, to set startup preferences, or to create profiles for settings. You will also find the storage options here and you can delete existing saved settings. More information and a description of the functions can be found on the page about saving settings.