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----------------------------------------------------------- From: Absent_Minded_Aquarian Message 12 in Discussion Hi! When any kind of binary is produced by a compiler (IL based, or native code based), the binary is actually containing the opcodes for the relevant assembly languuage instructions. For example, for a NOP (no-operation) x86 instruction, a 0x90 (hexadecimal 90) is used. A dissasemblers job is to logically go thru the opcodes and produce the relevant assembly language instructions. But thats not th eonly reason that qualifies an application that does this to be a disassembler. Such an application also go thru the binary's headers and get the relevant starting information (like CS, SS, IP, ImageSize, Load Address, Subsystem information and tons more), before it knows where to start disassembling the code, to produce an assembly language equivalent of the high level source code that produced the binary. So, ILDASM is a disaasembler... it does all this, and more! Gaurav ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/bdotnet/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
