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Started by Tiger99 Mar 3, 2004 at 9:27 PM 7 replies 350+ views

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Mar 3, 2004 at 9:27 PM

Hi I am trying to modify a program written in VB which has already been created as an executable file (*.exe). I am having trouble opening the file(*.exe) in my VB editor. What have I done wrong? Does anyone know any good and thorough online resources for learning VB? Thanks in advance

Nervo

Mar 3, 2004 at 9:30 PM

O_o

Bossk

Mar 3, 2004 at 9:32 PM

quote:
Original post by Nervo
O_o

I concur.

Dude, you can't modify an EXE file. It's already been compiled.

If you want to modify someone else's VB program, you're gonna need the project file (.VBP extentsion), as well as some other form files (.FRM) and module files (.BAS) that contain the actual code.

edit: OMG Nervo beat me by 30 seconds.

[edited by - Bossk on March 3, 2004 10:33:21 PM]

Katta

Mar 3, 2004 at 9:34 PM

You can't open .exe's with VB, or any other compiler that I know of. You need the source files to edit the program.

[edit] Bossk beat me.

[edited by - Katta on March 3, 2004 10:35:25 PM]

Nervo

Mar 3, 2004 at 9:34 PM

quote:
Original post by Bossk
quote:
Original post by Nervo
O_o

I concur.

Dude, you can''t modify an EXE file. It''s already been compiled.

If you want to modify someone else''s VB program, you''re gonna need the project file (.VBP extentsion), as well as some other form files (.FRM) and module files (.BAS) that contain the actual code.

edit: OMG Nervo beat me by 30 seconds.

[edited by - Bossk on March 3, 2004 10:33:21 PM]

Its okay, I deleted it. If you look at some of that guys threads he started, it really seems like he made this thread as a joke, or he simply is missing a few marbles.

DevLiquidKnight

Mar 3, 2004 at 9:38 PM

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Dude, you can't modify an EXE file. It's already been compiled.

Yes you can but, learning VB has nothing to do with it its called reverse engineering. Yet, its not neceassarly always legal, and its not something I would recommened to anyone who doesn't know how to code in VB yet, and even then I wouldn't really recommend it. You'll probably never see the true VB source agian once its into a machine pe file format (exe).

[edited by - DevLiquidKnight on March 3, 2004 10:41:17 PM]

yaroslavd

Mar 3, 2004 at 9:41 PM

Well, you can probably find a decompiler somewhere.

Bossk

Mar 3, 2004 at 9:41 PM

quote:
Original post by DevLiquidKnight
quote:

Dude, you can''t modify an EXE file. It''s already been compiled.

yes you can but, learning VB has nothing to do with it its called reverse engineering. Yet, its not neceassarly always legal, and its not something I would recommened to anyone who doesn''t know how to code in VB yet.

Yeah.

What I should have said is: you can''t modify it directly.

In any event, messing around with decompilers is probably not something a newbie should be doing.

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