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Re: Decompiling a program HOW

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From: Rey Arson II
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 00:00
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A resource file is a not a complete decompilation of a DLL or EXE file.  It
is rather an extraction of resources (bitmaps, icons, strings, key
accelerators, etc) from the application that contained it.

For example, you would like to change a bitmap shown in the main window of
a program, and this program exposed the said bitmap in its resource table,
then, its not that complicated to change the program's appearance.  You
will just have to replace the bitmap dictated inside the resource table
with your new bitmap.

Resource tables are used to ease up recompilation and localisation.  The
author will just have to replace the bitmap, icons and strings generally
used by the program without having to go thru the whole program just to
replace it.

I hope this helps.


Rey Arson II
sistema@quickweb.com.ph
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Ciaran Guilfoyle <ciaranGuil@infomaniak.ch> wrote in article
<7rjofg$mof$1@news1.sunrise.ch>...
> If there are DLL files you could open them in Visual Studio - open them
as a
> Recource - Not Auto or Binary
> Then Save them as a Recourse
> This might help
> And BTW - if it wasnt illegal, it would be simple!
> 
> CiaranG
> 
> 
> SONIC wrote in message <37dba0d5.0@katana.legend.co.uk>...
> >Hello all
> >
> >Can anyone decompile a software for me and create the software into C or
> >visula basic and if possible put it into text format.
> >
> >I am wanting to know how to use a certain video TV card to extract
teletext
> >but dont know how it works If anyone can help can you reply
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >SONIC
> >
> >
> >
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From: "Rey Arson II" <sistema@i-manila.com.ph>
Subject: Re: Decompiling a program HOW
Date: 1999/09/17
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