hello im looking freee .dat editor is there one out there.If there is just post. thanks in advance
N NuK134R Posts: 19 +0 Aug 23, 2005 #1 hello im looking freee .dat editor is there one out there.If there is just post. thanks in advance
R RealBlackStuff Posts: 6,450 +3 Aug 23, 2005 #3 AFAIK this is free: http://support.it-mate.co.uk/?mode=Products&p=index.datsuite
N NuK134R Posts: 19 +0 Aug 23, 2005 #4 Thanks but im trying to open a dat file thats one gig and notepad says its to big
R RealBlackStuff Posts: 6,450 +3 Aug 24, 2005 #5 get a Notepad replacement like EditPad, which can open any size file, any number of files and is just a whole lot smarter than Notepad.
get a Notepad replacement like EditPad, which can open any size file, any number of files and is just a whole lot smarter than Notepad.
Nodsu Posts: 5,451 +7 Aug 24, 2005 #6 Just out of curiosity.. What do you expect to do with a gigabyte of data open in a text editor? To do anything sensible with such an amount of data you need some sort of scripts and tools, not a plain editor.
Just out of curiosity.. What do you expect to do with a gigabyte of data open in a text editor? To do anything sensible with such an amount of data you need some sort of scripts and tools, not a plain editor.
Mictlantecuhtli Posts: 4,049 +13 Aug 24, 2005 #7 Well, file extensions can be changed, but if I guess from the file size, I'd say it's a VideoCD or SVCD. There are a lot of tools for those, for example here.
Well, file extensions can be changed, but if I guess from the file size, I'd say it's a VideoCD or SVCD. There are a lot of tools for those, for example here.
R RealBlackStuff Posts: 6,450 +3 Aug 24, 2005 #8 My first advise pertained to the IE index.dat files. The second for general files. What sort of .dat file is that 1GB file?
My first advise pertained to the IE index.dat files. The second for general files. What sort of .dat file is that 1GB file?