diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
index 906fc8e3c46..f1ea97720ad 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2002-11-03 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	Added support of the formatting actions of the Memory view.
+	* IFormattedMemoryBlock.java
+	* CFormattedMemoryBlock.java
+	* CDebugTarget.java
+	* CDebugUtils.java
+	
 2002-11-01 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	Added conversion utilities to support decimal format in the Memory View.
 	* CDebugUtils.java
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/IFormattedMemoryBlock.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/IFormattedMemoryBlock.java
index 541ca410cdd..2edab9425e3 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/IFormattedMemoryBlock.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/IFormattedMemoryBlock.java
@@ -130,4 +130,8 @@ public interface IFormattedMemoryBlock extends IMemoryBlock
 	void saveChanges() throws DebugException;
 	
 	void refresh() throws DebugException;
+	
+	boolean canChangeFormat( int format );
+	
+	boolean isLittleEndian();
 }
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/CDebugUtils.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/CDebugUtils.java
index 1b33f6f8151..ed9998a7274 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/CDebugUtils.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/CDebugUtils.java
@@ -135,42 +135,58 @@ public class CDebugUtils
 		return 0;
 	}
 	
-	public static short toShort( char[] bytes, boolean le )
+	public static byte toByte( char[] bytes, boolean le )
 	{
 		if ( bytes.length != 2 )
 			return 0;
-		return Short.parseShort( bytesToString( bytes, le, true ), 16 );
+		return (byte)Long.parseLong( bytesToString( bytes, le, true ), 16 );
+	}  
+	
+	public static short toUnsignedByte( char[] bytes, boolean le )
+	{
+		if ( bytes.length != 2 )
+			return 0;
+		return (short)Long.parseLong( bytesToString( bytes, le, false ), 16 );
+	}  
+	
+	public static short toShort( char[] bytes, boolean le )
+	{
+		if ( bytes.length != 4 )
+			return 0;
+		return (short)Long.parseLong( bytesToString( bytes, le, true ), 16 );
 	}  
 	
 	public static int toUnsignedShort( char[] bytes, boolean le )
 	{
-		if ( bytes.length != 2 )
+		if ( bytes.length != 4 )
 			return 0;
-		return Integer.parseInt( bytesToString( bytes, le, false ), 16 );
+		return (int)Long.parseLong( bytesToString( bytes, le, false ), 16 );
 	}  
 	
 	public static int toInt( char[] bytes, boolean le )
 	{
-		if ( bytes.length != 4 )
+		if ( bytes.length != 8 )
 			return 0;
-		return Integer.parseInt( bytesToString( bytes, le, true ), 16 );
+		return (int)Long.parseLong( bytesToString( bytes, le, true ), 16 );
 	}  
 	
 	public static long toUnsignedInt( char[] bytes, boolean le )
 	{
-		if ( bytes.length != 4 )
+		if ( bytes.length != 8 )
 			return 0;
-		return Long.parseLong( bytesToString( bytes, le, false ), 16 );
+		return (long)Long.parseLong( bytesToString( bytes, le, false ), 16 );
 	}  
 	
-	public static long toLong( char[] bytes, boolean le )
+	public static long toLongLong( char[] bytes, boolean le )
 	{
-		return toInt( bytes, le );
+		if ( bytes.length != 16 )
+			return 0;
+		return (long)Long.parseLong( bytesToString( bytes, le, false ), 16 );
 	}
 	
-	public static long toUnsignedLong( char[] bytes, boolean le )
+	public static long toUnsignedLongLong( char[] bytes, boolean le )
 	{
-		return toUnsignedInt( bytes, le );
+		return 0;
 	}
 	
 	private static String bytesToString( char[] bytes, boolean le, boolean signed )
@@ -188,41 +204,7 @@ public class CDebugUtils
 		{
 			System.arraycopy( bytes, 0, copy, 0, copy.length );
 		}
-		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer( copy.length );
-		if ( signed )
-		{
-			switch( copy[0] )
-			{
-				case '0':
-				case '1':
-				case '2':
-				case '3':
-				case '4':
-				case '5':
-				case '6':
-				case '7':
-					break;
-				case '8':
-				case '9':
-				case 'a':
-				case 'A':
-				case 'b':
-				case 'B':
-				case 'c':
-				case 'C':
-				case 'd':
-				case 'D':
-				case 'e':
-				case 'E':
-				case 'f':
-				case 'F':
-					sb.append( '-' );
-					copy[0] -= '8';
-					break;
-			}
-		}
-		sb.append( copy );
- 		return sb.toString();
+ 		return new String( copy );
 	}
 	
 	public static String prependString( String text, int length, char ch )
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugTarget.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugTarget.java
index b378194e9bf..15945013985 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugTarget.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugTarget.java
@@ -845,6 +845,8 @@ public class CDebugTarget extends CDebugElement
 			return getMemoryManager();
 		if ( adapter.equals( IDebuggerProcessSupport.class ) )
 			return this;
+		if ( adapter.equals( IExecFileInfo.class ) )
+			return this;
 		return super.getAdapter( adapter );
 	}
 	
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CFormattedMemoryBlock.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CFormattedMemoryBlock.java
index 34516f6d66a..e2df108fe0d 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CFormattedMemoryBlock.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CFormattedMemoryBlock.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.CDebugCorePlugin;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.IExecFileInfo;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.IFormattedMemoryBlock;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.IFormattedMemoryBlockRow;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.CDIException;
@@ -264,7 +265,9 @@ public class CFormattedMemoryBlock extends CDebugElement
 	 */
 	public boolean displayASCII()
 	{
-		return ( getWordSize() == IFormattedMemoryBlock.MEMORY_SIZE_BYTE && fDisplayAscii );
+		return ( getWordSize() == IFormattedMemoryBlock.MEMORY_SIZE_BYTE && 
+				 /*getFormat() == IFormattedMemoryBlock.MEMORY_FORMAT_HEX &&*/ 
+				 fDisplayAscii );
 	}
 
 	/* (non-Javadoc)
@@ -351,6 +354,7 @@ public class CFormattedMemoryBlock extends CDebugElement
 						  int numberOfColumns ) throws DebugException
 	{
 		resetRows();
+		fFormat = format; 
 		fWordSize = wordSize;
 		fNumberOfRows = numberOfRows;
 		fNumberOfColumns = numberOfColumns;
@@ -366,6 +370,7 @@ public class CFormattedMemoryBlock extends CDebugElement
 						  char paddingChar ) throws DebugException
 	{
 		resetRows();
+		fFormat = format; 
 		fWordSize = wordSize;
 		fNumberOfRows = numberOfRows;
 		fNumberOfColumns = numberOfColumns;
@@ -693,4 +698,36 @@ public class CFormattedMemoryBlock extends CDebugElement
 	{
 		return new DirtyBytes( size );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.IFormattedMemoryBlock#canChangeFormat(int)
+	 */
+	public boolean canChangeFormat( int format )
+	{
+		switch( format )
+		{
+			case IFormattedMemoryBlock.MEMORY_FORMAT_HEX:
+				return true;
+			case IFormattedMemoryBlock.MEMORY_FORMAT_SIGNED_DECIMAL:
+				return ( /*getWordSize() != IFormattedMemoryBlock.MEMORY_SIZE_BYTE &&*/
+						 getWordSize() != IFormattedMemoryBlock.MEMORY_SIZE_DOUBLE_WORD );
+			case IFormattedMemoryBlock.MEMORY_FORMAT_UNSIGNED_DECIMAL:
+				return ( /*getWordSize() != IFormattedMemoryBlock.MEMORY_SIZE_BYTE &&*/
+						 getWordSize() != IFormattedMemoryBlock.MEMORY_SIZE_DOUBLE_WORD );
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.IFormattedMemoryBlock#isLittleEndian()
+	 */
+	public boolean isLittleEndian()
+	{
+		IExecFileInfo info = (IExecFileInfo)getDebugTarget().getAdapter( IExecFileInfo.class );
+		if ( info != null )
+		{
+			return info.isLittleEndian();
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
 }