[PHP] Extracting Source code from Binary Files(.dll,.exe.,class)

2003-11-13 Thread Prashant Akerkar
Dear Friends I have a Query. Is it Possible to extract the source code from .exe,(VB,'C',C++),.dll(VB,'C',C++) or .class(java) files. A Utility program which can be written which will extract .exe-.c source code conversion or .exe-com or .exe-.frm files,.dll-.cpp,.dll-.c source code Or is it

Re: [PHP] Extracting Source code from Binary Files(.dll,.exe.,class)

2003-11-13 Thread Christophe Chisogne
Prashant Akerkar wrote: Is it Possible to extract the source code from .exe, ... .class(java) files. [ I think you're way off-topic but... ] Nope. But you can try to decompile binaries or java class files. Try googling for decompilation tools Note that decompiling softs can be prohibited by law

Re: [PHP] Extracting Source code from Binary Files(.dll,.exe.,class)

2003-11-13 Thread Prashant Akerkar
- From: Christophe Chisogne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 6:46 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Extracting Source code from Binary Files(.dll,.exe.,class) Prashant Akerkar wrote: Is it Possible to extract the source code from .exe, ... .class(java) files

RE: [PHP] Extracting Source code from Binary Files(.dll,.exe.,class)

2003-11-13 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] Step 1 : .exe binary file -- Linker (assembly language) .. .obj file/s Step 2 :.obj file/s .c (Compiler) source code file/s Is it Right or i am going somewhere illogical? [/snip] Really this cannot be done with any degree of reliability, if at all.

Re: [PHP] Extracting Source code from Binary Files(.dll,.exe.,class)

2003-11-13 Thread Prashant
, November 13, 2003 7:08 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Extracting Source code from Binary Files(.dll,.exe.,class) [snip] Step 1 : .exe binary file -- Linker (assembly language) .. .obj file/s Step 2 :.obj file/s .c (Compiler) source code file/s Is it Right or i am

Re: [PHP] Extracting Source code from Binary Files(.dll,.exe.,class)

2003-11-13 Thread Dan Anderson
Is it Right or i am going somewhere illogical? Basically, source code is a convenient way to represent in a human readable form what the machine is supposed to do. Unless you happen to be debugging it is unlikely that the source code will be saved within the compiled file. The problem

Re: [PHP] Extracting Source code from Binary Files(.dll,.exe.,class)

2003-11-13 Thread Leif K-Brooks
Prashant Akerkar wrote: I have a Query. Is it Possible to extract the source code from .exe,(VB,'C',C++),.dll(VB,'C',C++) or .class(java) files. To some extent. All that's left intact by the compiler is the logic, not the exact source code. In theory, a utility to transform machine code