The Compound File EXplorer (CFX) is a developer's tool for examining and editing the structure and contents of OLE structured storage files (aka 'compound files').

CFX will display:

• The full hierarchy of the elements of a compound file: storages, streams and property sets.

• For each storage element you can see various statistics such as the storage name, creation, modification and last access times, Class ID and state bits.

• For each stream you can view statistics such as the stream name and size, together with a full dual hexadecimal- and text-view of the stream contents, with data elements interpreted in a variety of formats.

• For property sets (such as the standard SummaryInformation and DocumentSummaryInformation streams) you can view stream statistics and a listing of all the properties defined,including their IDs, names (if any), data types and, for most properties, their values.

CFX also provides features for editing compound files:

• You can rename, add or delete storages, streams and property sets.

• You can edit, add or delete properties within property sets.

• You can edit the data content of streams.

• You can load data streams from other files, or merge the storages, streams and property sets from one compound file to another.

• You can use drag-and-drop techniques to reorganise the elements of a compound file, or to copy or move elements between compound files or between CFX and the Windows Explorer.