Second Hex Character Overwrites First When You Modify a Binary Value with MetaEdit 2.0

When you use MetaEdit 2.0 to create or modify a binary value, the second hexadecimal character of the byte overwrites the first hexadecimal character of the byte.

For example, in the Edit Metabase Data dialog box for a binary value, if you type 1A in the Data text box, and then click OK, the value of AA is actually saved (instead of 1A).

To resolve this issue, download and install MetaEdit 2.1.

For additional information about obtaining MetaEdit 2.1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in MetaEdit 2.0.

MetaEdit 2.0

MetaEdit 2.0 is included with the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit.

Hexadecimal Character Pairs

In MetaEdit, each byte of binary data is represented by a pair of hexadecimal characters, such as 1A, 11, FF, and so on.