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I'm comparing two bitmap files in Visual Studio's binary editor and I'd like to annotate a copy of them with the various parts of the bitmap header that I think each byte sequence forms. Here's how the files look in Visual Studio:

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How can I copy-and-paste the hex rendering, rather than the byte values themselves, from Visual Studio's Binary Editor to another program (e.g. Notepad)?

dumbledad
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    Unfortunately, Visual Studio's binary file editor does not have this functionality, and they have no intention of enhancing this tool. Try HxD or XVI32. (Although I can feel your disappointment, [tools recommendation is out of scope for Stackoverflow](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/211269/why-stackoverflow-doesnt-allow-comparison-questions-or-recommendations-for-tool).) – rwong Oct 14 '14 at 18:28
  • Tool recommendation may not be in scope for questions, but I think they are allowed as "try this instead" adjuncts to answers? Thanks for the suggestions. – dumbledad Oct 14 '14 at 20:17
  • Why not make that a proper answer, mates? – Marc.2377 Mar 07 '15 at 16:08
  • @rwong How do you know they have no intention of fixing it? I see that it's still an issue, so you may be right. – Robert Bernstein Jan 27 '20 at 21:16
  • @RobertBernstein There are certain parts of VS that's already grandfathered. [Try VSCode](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38905181/how-do-i-see-a-bin-file-in-a-hex-editor-in-visual-studio-code). – rwong Jan 28 '20 at 09:56

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You could use my commandline dumphex tool which produces the same output ...

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