Hex Utilities 1.0

This is a simple right-click menu or shotcut-key based extension for Visual Studio 2013 which gives you three hex related functions.

Hex formatting

Highlight an unformatted hex string and format into proper hex array form:

DE AADBEED 123FAAB --> 0xDE, 0xAA, 0xDB, 0xEE, 0xD1, 0x23, 0xFA, 0xAB

During formatting, a new line will be inserted every 8 bytes.

Shortcut Key: CONTROL-SHIFT-Z, CONTROL-SHIFT-H

Random Byte Generation

Insert, in a formatted byte array, random bytes from the System.Security.Cryptography RNG. You can insert up to 4096 random bytes.

Shortcut Key: CONTROL-SHIFT-Z, CONTROL-SHIFT-R

Byte Counter

Highlight a selection of hex characters and receive a byte count. The byte count is also automatically copied to the clipboard for easy pasting.

Shortcut Key: CONTROL-SHIFT-Z, CONTROL-SHIFT-C

This is a free extension which I wrote for myself since I often need these types of functions during my coding sessions. I decided to go ahead and share it for anyone who may find it useful.

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