diff --git a/externalLinks b/externalLinks
index c83d693..f314272 100755
--- a/externalLinks
+++ b/externalLinks
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 version () {
     echo '$Author: zimoch $' >&2
-    echo '$Date: 2008/12/22 17:11:32 $' >&2
-    echo '$Revision: 1.1 $' >&2
+    echo '$Date: 2009/05/19 10:27:45 $' >&2
+    echo '$Revision: 1.2 $' >&2
     echo '$Source: /cvs/G/EPICS/App/scripts/externalLinks,v $' >&2
     exit 1
 }
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ function expandFile () {
                     value, record, field, rtype) > "/dev/stderr"
             }
         } else if (isinteger[rtype,field]) {
-            if (!match(value,/^ *[+-]?(0[xX])?[0-9]+ *$/)) {
+            if (!match(value,/^ *[+-]?(0[xX][0-9A-Fa-f]+|[0-9]+) *$/)) {
                 printf("value \"%s\" in %s.%s (%s) should be integer %d...%d\n",
                     value, record, field, rtype, -range[rtype,field]-1, range[rtype,field]) > "/dev/stderr"
             }
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ function expandFile () {
                     value, record, field, rtype, -range[rtype,field]-1, range[rtype,field]) > "/dev/stderr"
             }
         } else if (isunsigned[rtype,field]) {
-            if (!match(value,/^ *+?(0[xX])?[0-9]+ *$/)) {
+            if (!match(value,/^ *+?(0[xX][0-9A-Fa-f]+|[0-9]+) *$/)) {
                 printf("value \"%s\" in %s.%s (%s) should be unsigned integer 0...%d\n",
                     value, record, field, rtype, range[rtype,field]) > "/dev/stderr"
             }