View file with dialog box

Here you can choose how you wish to view files when double clicking with the left mouse button on the Search Window. You can choose between viewing files with the programs internal viewer, viewing files with their associated application or viewing files with an editor of your choice. The default editor is Notepad.

If your editor supports it, then Examine32/Examine64 Text Search will let you direct your editor to the exact position of the match selected. If a filename is selected rather than a line containing a particular match, then your editor will display the file at the beginning.

If there is no associated application for the file you wish to view, you can select an alternative default method of viewing the file.

Internal viewer

View files selected from the search results with its own viewer. This can display line numbers/ hexadecimal addresses if needed.

Associated application

View selected files with the application associated with each particular file extension. For instance selecting a file with the extension .htm will load the file with your default browser.

Editor

View selected files with the editor of your choice. The default editor is Notepad. You can change your editor by directly typing in its full pathname or selecting it with the browse button.

Editor name

You can change your editor by directly typing in its full pathname here. If the pathname contains one or more spaces then the path must be within double quotes.

If your editor supports it, then the program will let you direct your editor to the exact position of the match selected. This is achieved using the <file>, <line> and <col> phrases in the command line. <file> will insert the current filename into the command line, <line> the current line, and <col> the current column position.

Examples

UltraEdit v16	"c:\program files\idm computer solutions\ultraedit\uedit32.exe" "<file>/<line>/<col>
TextPad v7	"c:\program files\textpad 7\textpad.exe" <file>(<line>,<col>) Please note that two spaces are required between the TextPad program name and <file>
NoteTab Pro v4.8	"c:\program files\notetab pro\notepro.exe" <file> /j=<line>
WinEdit 2000	"c:\program files\winedit\winedit.exe" "<file>" -# <line>
Notepad++ v7.8.9	"c:\program files\notepad++\notepad++.exe" -n<line> -c<col> "<file>"

If a filename is selected rather than a line containing a particular match, then your editor will display the file at the beginning.

Browse

You can change your editor by selecting it via the Browse button.

Use command line if associated application

If this option is selected and you launch a file that is associated with your chosen editor then the full editor pathname will be used instead of what is used by Windows. This means that your editor can go to the correct line or the correct line and column via the 'Launch' command if you have entered the relevant command line to do this.

If there is no associated application view with

Choose your options as to how the program deals with a file that has no associated application.

Internal viewer

View the file with its own internal viewer.

Editor

View the file with the editor of your choice.

Show warning

Select this option if you would like to be warned when trying to launch a file for which no association exists.

Show extract options when file is in a Zip archive

If this option is selected, then when viewing a file in a ZIP archive with its associated application or with an editor, you can select where the file is extracted with the Extract dialog box.

Otherwise the file is temporarily extracted to your temporary files folder.