for those of you following the tip of the day series, it’s time for something a little bit different.

The first time I saw this test case in the editor test bed, i thought, "whoa (yes, Keanu Reeves style)… i’ve opened this dialog box a 1000 times and have never seen this option before." 

File Open File dialog open with option

To use the binary editor…

  1. Go to File – Open File
  2. Click the drop down button on the Open button (or from keyboard, just press down arrow)
  3. Choose “Binary Editor” and press OK or Open (depending on your VS version)

Open With Dialog

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