ZX-Preview
version 2.3
welcome back 2025
A flexible data block viewer for your ZX-Spectrum related files
display all relevant blocks of your files ...
display Basic programs with syntax colours ...
... or full-colored - copy to other editors ...
... or list blocks with byte-dumps ...
disassemble Z80 mnemonics ...
show ULA+ and Timex screens ...
usage
Displays visible block contents as Spectrum SCREEN$, ASCII text, system variables or pictures. Depending on the type of the datablock you select, a different register tab is activated. Some block contents (e.g. BASIC programs) can be displayed in more than one register tab. ZX-Preview can be either used as a standalone application, where you have to use the open icon, or in combination with ZX-Blockeditor and/or ZX-Explorer. It can receive open file or display block commands from these programs directly.
working features
- The program allows to display contents of data blocks that were selected within ZX-Blockeditor (refer to the options dialog of ZX-Blockeditor). As a special feature, ZX-Preview can display syntax highlight effects of Basic programs. In addition to that, you can copy Basic listings with all colour effects to other RTF compatible applications!
- You can open files and zipped files directly. They are displayed pretty much like in ZX-Blockeditor on the right side of the application's window. This file structure list can be disabled if you want.
- You may display SCREEN$ contents in different sizes and formats. Also ULAPlus and Timex formats are supported. Also a fit-to-size display and a scrollbox for bigger screens are available.
- Display contents of binary data blocks as bytes or Z80 mnemonics.
List of changes
| Date: | Description of changes: |
| Jan. 2015 | New program version 2.3 published |
| Jan. 2015 | Added ZXM (ZX-Paintbrush maps) file support |
| Added meta block support. In the block info tab sheet these sub-blocks of meta blocks are listed | |
| File list: Double-clicking on a meta block explodes it into sub-blocks. Double-clicking somewhere on a TZX group (beginning with a TZX group start and ending with a TZX group and block) implodes the whole group to a meta block. | |
| Jan. 2013 | New program version 2.2 published |
| Oct. 2012 | New program version 2.1 published |
| Oct. 2011 | New program version 2.0 published |
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ZX-Preview v.2.3
