010 editor coloring

gistfile1.txt

// This code will give each byte (or short or long) a color, which represents the value.
// 010 editor will display a color in the hex view, which can help to identify
// some logical structure inside a binary file.

local int i;
local int color=0;
while (!FEof()){
    FSeek(i);

    if (size == 0){
        ubyte data;
        FSeek(i-1);
        color = data + (data*0x100) + (data *0x10000); //will generate grayscale data)
        SetBackColor(color);
        SetForeColor(color);
        FSeek(i);
        ubyte test;
        i = i+1;
    } else if (size == 1){
        ushort data;
        FSeek(i-1);
        color = data;
        SetBackColor(color);
        SetForeColor(color);
        FSeek(i);
        ushort test;
        i = i+2;
    
    } else if (size == 2){
        ulong data;
        FSeek(i-1);
        color = data/256; // causes some loss of detail because of trying to put  4.294.967.295 values into 16.777.215 values... 
        SetBackColor(color);
        SetForeColor(color);
        FSeek(i);
        ulong test;
        i = i+4;
    }
}