VB6 decompiler?

[kinetica]

Anyone know of one/got one?

[PabUK Veteran]

I would be surprised if that was even possible. But you never know...

[zivan56]

Here is a site with some vb decompilers:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/openscr/d_2.html

[neowin_hipster]

By the time the executable has been made, it has been so meddled and mingled with other files, libraries, optimizations, etc. that it become unreadable. The only decompilers, decompile to asm. its usually a nightmare and only the best hackers can understand it.

Higher level decompilers can only do snippets of code.

[Tobbe]

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Originally posted by Goalie_CA

By the time the executable has been made, it has been so meddled and mingled with other files, libraries, optimizations, etc. that it become unreadable. The only decompilers, decompile to asm. its usually a nightmare and only the best hackers can understand it.

Higher level decompilers can only do snippets of code.

True... but I don't call myself a hacker! :D

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

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Originally posted by Goalie_CA

By the time the executable has been made, it has been so meddled and mingled with other files, libraries, optimizations, etc. that it become unreadable. The only decompilers, decompile to asm. its usually a nightmare and only the best hackers can understand it.

Higher level decompilers can only do snippets of code.

nope, vb is different.

ever decompiled java? it keeps the syntax and even variable names. same with vB.

only thing you have to protect yourself is visual source safe. as long as it hasn't touched the file, then you're golden to decompile and hack away :D

[neowin_hipster]

I know vb is interprated but how is it compiled. As vb source with a reader and runtime libraries?

[generalnewbie]

its not possible!

but if the code isnt complied right you can still view some of it

[azcodemonkey]

VB 5 & 6 can either be pcode(interpreted) or binary. If it's binary, I'm certain all you're going to get is assembly. I don't know any developers that compile to pcode anymore.

VB compiles with references(typelib info) to the runtime since the runtime is a COM dll.