.exe in visual basic??

[doubleTT]

Can we open .exe file from Visual Basic?

I mean this small little program that is in .exe I wonders how can I open it in Visual Basic and edit that program. And save it or see the codes?

[othernutrient]

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Originally posted by doubleTT

Can we open .exe file from Visual Basic?

I mean this small little program that is in .exe I wonders how can I open it in Visual Basic and edit that program. And save it or see the codes?

Visual Basic is a compiled language. You cannot view the source. Someone writes the code for it in VB, a high level language, and Visual Studio compiles it into machine readable code. It is a one way conversion and cannot be undone.

I think you should read up some on how programming works. I'd recommend something, but I don't know of any sites that are primers on the subject.

[nXP_151 Veteran]

This should be in Programming Forum, you'll get more help there.

[Keldyn]

Cheers nathan. Thread moved

[neowin_hipster]

To edit an .exe you must either use a hex editor, or a decompiler then edit in asm, and recompile.

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

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Originally posted by othernutrient

Visual Basic is a compiled language. You cannot view the source. Someone writes the code for it in VB, a high level language, and Visual Studio compiles it into machine readable code. It is a one way conversion and cannot be undone.

I think you should read up some on how programming works. I'd recommend something, but I don't know of any sites that are primers on the subject.

nope, you CAN decompile vb exe's (assuming they didn't sourcesafe it...). just search vb decompilers on google and you'll find some.

it's like java too, you get teh variable names and everything :D

[doubleTT]

Goalie_CA, where can I download the hex editor?

[neowin_hipster]

A hex editor is very very complicated. Its basically allows you to change numeric values of base 16. Sometimes you can also edit strings. TO dl, try www.download.com

A dissassembler takes the .exe reads the values, and converts it to the corresponding asm keyword. Very very complicated as well.

The only possible way that I can see to dissassemble a higher level language is if it is interpreted. Then it still requires that the code stays in tact, nested in the .exe and a reader/interpreter makes sense of it. normally there is a run-time library included.