Strings window

 Action    name: OpenStrings
 

This command opens the string window.

The string window contains all strings in the program. However, if a range of addresses was selected before opening the window, only the selected range will be examined for strings.

You can setup the list parameters by right-clicking (or pressing Ctrl-U in the text version) on the list.

The list always contains strings defined in the program regardless of the settings in this dialog box, but the user can ask IDA to display strings not yet explicitly defined as strings.

The following parameters are available:

Display only defined strings

       If checked, IDA will display only strings explicitly marked
       as string items (using the create string literal command).
       In this case, the other checkboxes are ignored.

Ignore instructions/data definitions

       If checked, IDA will ignore instruction/data definitions
       and will try to treat them as strings. If it can build a string
       with the length greater than the minimal length, the string
       will be displayed in the list.
       This setting is ignored if 'only defined strings' is on.

Strict ASCII (7-bit) strings

       If checked, only strings containing exclusively 7-bit characters
       (8th bit must be zero) will be added to the list. Please note that
       the user can specify which characters are accepted in the strings
       by modifying the StrlitChars parameter in the ida.cfg file.
       This setting is ignored if 'only defined strings' is on.

Allowed string types

       Allows the user to specify the string types included in the list.
       This setting is ignored if 'only defined strings' is on.

Minimal string length

       The minimal length the string must have to be added to the list.