Hello Bat'ters, I'll start off with the following, which is to be taken very seriously!
**WARNING** **WARNING** **WARNING** **WARNING** **WARNING** =========================================================== Do not try this unless you know what you are doing!! =========================================================== **WARNING** **WARNING** **WARNING** **WARNING** **WARNING** The poster specifically disclaims any damage done to your system by employing this 'trick!!' If your BAT winds up with a broken wing, don't blame me! I asked for clarification, but none was forthcoming, so I dusted off and put my bell bottoms & Nehru jacket back on and dug into things a bit. I found the correct area of The Bat!'s executable on the first try and changed it (see X-Mailer entry above)! The text to search for is 'The Bat! (v1.62r)' [without the quotes] There are multiple locations with this text. Better to search to the hex offset below! Like I said, do this ONLY if you know what you are doing! I love UltraEdit!! :-) It makes 'hex-patching' so easy.... In [thebat.exe - 4.52 MB (4,742,480 bytes)] V1.62r it begins at Offset 0x3827a9. The only restriction is that whatever you change it to, it must be contained within the 17 characters of the original data string. I didn't try to expand the string length, and don't know what havoc that might cause to the executable. This reminds me of the old days of the Commodore 64, when I'd make custom CIA and kernel chips for people. Mine came up saying "This Commodore 64 piece of **** belongs to Spike!" Yes, I used to be quite a formidable 'script kiddie' back in my misspent youth! Ah, those were the glory days...... :-) -- Warmest tropical wishes, Spike Quote for the moment: "It is bad luck to be superstitious." /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign - Against HTML Mail \ / If it aint a webpage it shouldn't be HTML. X Say NO! to bloatmail - ban HTML mail! / \ Ask Spikey, he hates everything (HTML). -------------------------------------------------- Using TheBat! v1.62r hamstrung by Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1' -------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62r | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
