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How to rename a Japanese add-in using a HEX editor (From Ugg)

I just wanted to share something I found with the DS2/REX AddIns. Because most of the AddIns are for the DataSlim 2, their titles when loaded on the REX (in the Extras menu) are bogus characters. This is because the REX does not display Japanese characters. With some careful editing using a HEX editor, you can change the titles of these AddIns to something more readable.

Here's how:

  1. Open a .DS2 file with a HEX editor.
  2. You should see the following: ApplicationName:Addin..XXXXXXXXXX..YYYYYY.. etc.

    a. The X's are for the addin title that displays on the REX. I'm not sure what the Y's are for. (Anyone with an SDK want to fill me in?)
    b. The two periods after Addin and before X are carriage return (Hex 0D) and line-feed (Hex 0A). The same for the two periods between X and Y. Note that my HEX editor shows the 0D and 0A values as period characters. Other editors may show this differently.

  3. To change the title, replace all of the X characters between the periods (line-feed and carriage return characters) with the title you want. a) You can add or remove bytes as necessary to shorten or lengthen the title. I'm not sure what the max length is, so be careful!
  4. Close and save the file.
  5. If you already added the AddIn to the REX you will have to delete it and add the new version. That's it. I hope you find this information useful. It definitely helped me identify (other than the icons) which AddIn was which.