Viewer Component for WinHex/X-Ways Forensics

This add-on integrates seamlessly and allows to conveniently view and print more than 270 (!) file formats (such as MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Access/Works/Outlook, HTML, PDF, CorelDraw, StarOffice, OpenOffice, ... see below) directly in WinHex and X-Ways Forensics. This component is provided at no additional cost to all owners of forensic licenses issued for v12.05 and later. Please query your license status to receive download instructions. Owners of earlier forensic licenses or of personal, professional, or specialist licenses may upgrade to a current forensic license if they are interested in this component.

The viewer component can fully utilize available screen space or can be used in preview mode as shown below.

MS Word document:

MS Excel document:

The following file types are supported:

Word Processing Formats
ANSI Text (7 & 8 bit) All versions
ASCII Text (7 & 8 bit versions available) All versions
DEC WPS Plus (DX) Versions through 4.0
DEC WPS Plus (WPL) Versions through 4.1
DisplayWrite 2 & 3 (TXT) All versions
DisplayWrite 4 & 5 Versions through 2.0
Enable Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5
First Choice Versions through 3.0
Framework Version 3.0
IBM FFT All versions
IBM Revisable Form Text All versions
IBM Writing Assistant Version 1.01
Hangul Version 97and 2002,text only
JustSystems Ichitaro Versions 5.0, 6.0, 8.0 - 13, 2004
JustWrite Versions through 3.0
Legacy Versions through 1.1
Lotus AMI/AMI Professional Versions through 3.1
Lotus Manuscript Versions through 2.0
Lotus WordPro (Win32 platforms) SmartSuite 96, 97 and Millennium and Millennium 9.6
Lotus WordPro (Non-Windows platforms - text only) SmartSuite 97, Millennium, and Millennium 9.6
MacWrite II Version 1.1
MASS11 Versions through 8.0
Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF) All versions
Microsoft Word for DOS Versions through 6.0
Microsoft Word for Macintosh Versions 4.0 - 2004
Microsoft Word for Windows Versions through 2003
Microsoft WordPad All versions
Microsoft Works for DOS Versions through 2.0
Microsoft Works for Macintosh Versions through 2.0
Microsoft Works for Windows Versions through 4.0
Microsoft Write Versions through 3.0
MultiMate Versions through 4.0
Navy DIF All versions
Nota Bene Version 3.0
Novell/Corel Perfect Works Version 2.0
Novell/Corel WordPerfect for DOS Versions through 6.1
Novell/Corel WordPerfect for Mac Versions 1.02 through 3.0
Novell/Corel WordPerfect for Windows Versions through 12.0
Office Writer Version 4.0 to 6.0
Open Office Writer (Text Only) Version 1.1
PC-File Letter Versions through 5.0
PC-File+ Letter Versions through 3.0
PFS:Write Versions A, B, and C
Professional Write for DOS Versions through 2.1
Professional Write Plus Version 1.0
Q&A for DOS Version 2.0
Q&A Write for Windows Version 3.0
Samna Word Versions through Samna Word IV+
SmartWare II Version 1.02
Sprint Version 1.0
StarOffice Writer (Text Only) Version 5.2, 6.x, 7.x
Total Word Version 1.2
Unicode Text All versions
Volkswriter 3 & 4 Versions through 1.0
Wang PC (IWP) Versions through 2.6
WordMARC Versions through Composer Plus
WordStar 2000 for DOS Versions through 3.0
WordStar for DOS Versions through 7.0
WordStar for Windows Version 1.0
XyWrite Versions through III Plus

Spreadsheet Formats
Enable Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5
First Choice Versions through 3.0
Framework Version 3.0
Lotus 1-2-3 (DOS & Windows) Versions through 5.0
Lotus 1-2-3 (OS/2) Versions through 2.0
Lotus 1-2-3 Charts (DOS & Windows) Versions through 5.0
Lotus 1-2-3 Charts (OS/2) Versions through 2.0
Lotus 1-2-3 for SmartSuite SmartSuite 97, Millennium, and Millennium 9.6
Lotus Symphony Versions 1.0,1.1 and 2.0
Microsoft Excel Charts Versions 2.x through 7.0
Microsoft Excel for Macintosh Versions 3.0 through 4.0, 98 - 2004
Microsoft Excel for Windows Versions 2.2 through 2003
Microsoft Multiplan Version 4.0
Microsoft Windows Works Versions through 4.0
Microsoft Works (DOS) Versions through 2.0
Microsoft Works (Macintosh) Versions through 2.0
Mosaic Twin Version 2.5
Novell Perfect Works Version 2.0
Open office Calc (Text Only) Version 1.1
PFS: Professional Plan Version 1.0
QuattroPro for DOS Versions through 5.0
QuattroPro for Windows Versions through 12
SmartWare II Version 1.02
StarOffice Calc (Text Only) Version 5.2, 6.x, 7.x
SuperCalc 5 Version 4.0
VP Planner 3D Version 1.0

Database Formats
Access Versions through 2.0
dBASE Versions through 5.0
DataEase Version 4.x
DBXL Version 1.3
Enable Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5
First Choice Versions through 3.0
FoxBase Version 2.1
Framework Version 3.0
Microsoft Windows Works Versions through 4.0
Microsoft Works (DOS) Versions through 2.0
Microsoft Works (Macintosh) Versions through 2. 0
Paradox (DOS) Versions through 4.0
Paradox (Windows) Versions through 1.0
Personal R:BASE Version 1.0
R:BASE 5000 Versions through 3.1
R:BASE System V Version 1.0
Reflex Version 2.0
Q & A Versions through 2.0
SmartWare II Version 1.02

Standard Graphics Formats
Binary Group 3 Fax All versions
BMP (including RLE, ICO, CUR & OS/2 DIB & OS/2 Warp) Windows
CDR (if TIFF image is embedded in it) Corel Draw versions 2.0 - 9.0
CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile ANSI, CALS, NIST, Version 3.0
DCX (multi-page PCX) Microsoft Fax
DRW - Micrografx Designer Version 3.1
DRW - Micrografx Draw Versions through 4.0
EMF Windows Enhanced Metafile
EPS Encapsulated PostScript If TIFF image is embedded in it
FPX - Kodak Flash Pix No specific format
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format Compuserve
GP4 - Group 4 CALS Format Type I and Type II
HPGL - Hewlett Packard Graphics Language Version 2.0
IMG - GEM Paint No specific version
JFIF (JPEG not in TIFF format) All versions
JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group format (includes EXIF) All versions
Open Office Draw (Text Only) Version 1.1
PBM - Portable Bitmap No specific version
PCD - Kodak Photo CD Version 1.0
PCX Bitmap PC Paintbrush
Perfect Works (Draw) Novell version 2.0
PGM - Portable Graymap No specific version
PIC - Lotus 1-2-3 Picture File Format No specific version
PICT1 & PICT2 (Raster) Macintosh Standard
PNG - Portable Network Graphics Internet Format Version 1.0
PNTG MacPaint
PPM - Portable Pixmap No specific version
Progressive JPEG No specific version
PSP - Paintshop Pro Versions 5.0, 5.0.1
PSP - Paintshop Pro 6 (Win32 only) Version 6.0
SDW Ami Draw
Snapshot (Lotus) All versions
SRS - Sun Raster File Format No specific version
Star Office Draw (Text Only) Versions 6.x, 7.x
Targa Truevision
TIFF Versions through 6
TIFF CCITT Group 3 & 4 Fax Systems
VISO Visio 4 (page preview only), 5, 2000 - 2003
WBMP No specific version
WMF Windows Metafile
WordPerfect Graphics (WPG and WPG2) Versions through 2.0
XBM - X-Windows Bitmap x10 compatible
XPM - X-Windows Pixmap x10 compatible
XWD - X-Windows Dump x10 compatible

High-End Graphics Formats
Adobe FrameMaker (MIF, text only) 6.0
AI - Adobe Illustrator File Format Versions through 7.0, 9.0
CDR - Corel Draw Versions through 8.0
CMX - Corel Clip Art Format Versions 5 through 6
DSF - Micrografx Designer Windows 95, Version 6.0
DWG - AutoCAD Native Drawing Format Versions 12 through 14, 2000i,2002
DXF (Binary and ASCII) AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format Versions through 14, 2000i, 2002
FMV - FrameMaker graphics Vector & raster through version 5.0
GDF - IBM Graphics Data Format Version 1.0
GEM - Graphics Environment Manager Metafile Bitmap and Vector
IGES - Initial Graphics Exchange Specification Version 5.1
MET - OS/2 PM Metafile Version 3.0
PDF - Portable Document Format Acrobat version 2.1, 3.0 - 6.0, including Japanese PDF (not Type 3 fonts or embedded fonts with custom encodings)
PIF - IBM Picture Interchange Format Version 1.0
PS - Postscript Level 2
PSD - Adobe Photoshop File Format Version 4.0
RND - AutoShade Rendering File Format Version 2.0

Presentation Formats
Harvard Graphics for DOS Versions 2.x & 3.x
Harvard Graphics Windows versions
Freelance for Windows Version 1.0, 2.0, 96, 97, Millennium, and Millennium 9.6
Freelance for OS/2 Versions through 2.0
Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows Versions through 2003
Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh Versions 4.0, 98 - 2004
Novell\Corel Presentations Versions through 12.0
Open Office Impress (Text Only) Version 1.1
Star Office Impress (Text Only) Version 5.2, 6.x, 7.x

Compressed and Encoded Formats
GZIP No specific version
LZA Self Extracting Compress No specific version
LZH Compress No specific version
Microsoft Binder Version 7.0, Binder 97
UNIX Compress No specific version
UNIX TAR No specific version
ZIP PKWARE versions through 2.04g

Email Formats
MIME (text mail) No specific version
MSG - Outlook Mail Message (Windows - text only) Versions 97 - 2003
OST - Outlook Offline Folder Versions 97 - 2004
PST - Outlook Personal Folder Versions 97 - 2004

Other Formats
Executable (EXE, DLL) No specific version
Executable for Windows NT No specific version
HTML Versions through 3.0 (some limitations)
Microsoft Project (text only) Versions 98 through 2003
vCard Electronic Business Card Versit Version 2.1
WML Compatible with WML specification 5.2

Maximum supported file size: 2 GB

Changes in release from July 5, 2005
- Scaling for drawings in PDF documents improved
- Handling of frames that should appear behind text in RTF files
- Support for bidirectional display of Hebrew and Arabic text files
- Character and font mapping
- Handling of extended characters in PowerPoint
- Handling of a system's default character set
- Mapping of some Chinese characters in RTF files
- better memory usage in RTF files that contain embedded files,
- support for V4 encryption for PDF password security in PDF 1.4 vs. 1.5
- faster text decoding in PDF documents, UUE files, Microsoft Project file, password-protected PowerPoint and Excel files, Outlook PST, Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect 5x, AutoCAD, and more

Changes in release from March 3, 2006
- Performance improvements: up to 40% faster
- Can extract text from, describe and render "tables in tables" for Word, Hangul, RTF, StarOffice Writer, OpenOffice Writer and HTML
- Now supports rendering of embeddings in PDF files that have been rotated at 90 degree increments
- New file formats supported: Flash (text only), MP3 (ID3 metadata only), XML (extracts text ignoring tags, attributes and values; one paragraph for every close tag), Yahoo! Instant Messenger Archives
- New file format versions supported: PDF 1.6 / Acrobat 7 (viewing and conversion support for features through PDF 1.5 / Acrobat 6), StarOffice Writer 8.0 (text only), StarOffice Impress 8 (text only), StarOffice Draw 8 (text only), StarOffice Calc 8 (text only), OpenOffice Writer 2 (text only), OpenOffice Impress 2 (text only), OpenOffice Draw 2 (text only), OpenOffice Calc 2 (text only)
- Enhancements for Microsoft Outlook MSG, OpenOffice Impress 1.1, StarOffice Impress 7.x, StarOffice Impress 6.x, JFIF (JPEG not in TIFF format), JPEG, Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) 5, Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) 6, Hangul 2002, OpenOffice Writer 1.1, StarOffice Writer 7.x, StarOffice Writer 6.x, Encoded mail messages - EML, Encoded mail messages - MHTML, Encoded mail messages - Multi Part Alternative, Encoded mail messages - Multi Part Digest, Encoded mail messages - Multi Part Mixed, Encoded mail messages - Multi Part News Group, Encoded mail messages - Multi Part Signed, HTML 3.0 (*with some limitations), Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Word 2002 (XP), Microsoft Word 2003, Microsoft Word 97, Microsoft Word 98-J, Microsoft Word for Macintosh 2001, Microsoft Word for Macintosh 2002, Microsoft Word for Macintosh 2004, Rich Text Format (RTF)
- Support discontinued for platforms Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0

Updated on July 12, 2006
- Prevents crashes with certain MS PowerPoint template files.

Changes in release from September 28, 2006
- New file format supported: OFT (Outlook Form Templates)
- New file format versions supported: AutoCad 2004 and 2005 (text-only), Word Perfect Office X3 (Word Perfect X3, Quattro Pro X3, Presentation X3)
- OpenOffice 2.x/StarOffice 8 support for Writer and Impress improved (text only)
- MSGs can now be viewed/exported as a whole from PSTs and also from within other MSGs
- Some issues fixed with SWF files, MSG files, and corrupt JPEG files.

Changes in release from January 13, 2007
- The Core Technology Module SCCUT was updated with a new algorithm to uncompress data that has CCITT compression applied. (The new algorithm is also significantly faster than the previous one.)
- An object list in the Star Office Calc Filter was modified.
- A section of code in Transformation Server Options editor was modified.

Changes in release from February 22, 2007
- Support for Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) has been officially added.
- This release has been qualified on Windows Vista Ultimate.

Changes in release from November 6, 2007
- MS Office 2007, Word, Excel and PowerPoint Improvements: Viewing support for more Office Art, including line styles, fills, and shapes. Text Extraction of Smart Art objects.
- Star Office / Open Office Calc 2.x / 8.0 and 6.0: Extends support for viewing and transformation of Calc 2.x / 8.0 and 6.0 beyond text only. This filter now supports character attributes (bold, underlined, color) and paragraph attributes (alignment, tabs, spacing, borders, hidden, revisions). It does not yet support embedded graphics.
- Star Office / Open Office Writer 2.x / 8.0 Embedded graphics: Supports viewing and conversion of embedded graphics in Writer 2.x / 8.0 except for draw objects in Star Office.
- Yahoo! Instant Messenger 8.x: Supports viewing YIM 8.x files.
- Outlook/Exchange 2007: Fully verified support to view the 2007 versions of Outlook and Exchange related formats: MSG, PST.

Changes in release from May 31, 2008
- Support for JPEG 2000.
- Support for Windows Server 2008
- Roll-up of the 8.2.0 general patch and numerous customer specific patches and bug fixes.

The above information was taken from official release information as published by Stellent/Oracle. For more information on changes please see our support forum.

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