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  • 02-04-2002 9:31pm
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    Raskolnikov
    Registered Users Posts: 10,148 ✭✭✭✭


    This might be an utter newbie question, i'm not sure, but is there anyway to view the source code of a .exe file? I have looked up a few books on it and tried searching around the net for something but to no avail. Can anyone help me out?


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    #2
    amen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭amen


    short answer NO
    (unless u get some sort of decompiler its not possible)
    why do u want to do this ?


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    Spunj
    Registered Users Posts: 437 ✭✭Spunj


    I think that up to VB5 the exes were compiled to p-code then executed with the help of the vb runtime interpeter (Vbrun500.Dll I think). There were progams around that claimed to be able to decompile them but I never tried any of em...

    VB6 programs are compiled directly to machine code so I don't think there is a way to get at the original source ( afaik :) ).

    - Spunj


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    Vorrtexx
    Registered Users Posts: 541 ✭✭✭Vorrtexx


    There used to be a decompiler for old versions of VB EXE files
    I think it was for VB 1, 2, 3 and Maybe VB 4.
    It would decompile the EXE back to source.
    But I don't think one exists for the VB's on up to present.


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    Raskolnikov
    Registered Users Posts: 10,148 ✭✭✭✭Raskolnikov


    Hmm i thought that this might be the answer. I have only been programming for the last few months and i thought it would have been interesting to view code from the different programs to see the interesting code in them, oh well :)


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