VB decompiler

[zergboy5]

Dose anyone know where to get a Visual Basic Decompiler?

[Ka0ticMiND]

i'm not the best to answer this, someone correct me if i'm wrong:


personally i dont think there is such thing as a decompiler
why?because when you compile something, it becomes computer code (binary). which is a series of 1's and 0's. IF there was such thign as a decompiler, i'm pretty sure it wouldn't return to you exact VB code, it might be just limited to extracting the comp code and translating it into vb.


-Ka0tic

[qball]

Ka0ticMiND,

you're wrong, kinda sorta, see:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/tooldocs/win32/javap.html

Now, a "Class File Disassembler" is not necessarily a decompiler, but pretty darn close, or good enuff most of the time iffin you use java.

There exist other decompilers for other languages and their ability lies in the given languages level of 'typing'. "Java is highly typed language..." C++, VB, PB, FORTRAN aren't for a variety of different reasons. Basically "highly typed" means tthe compiler is a real b*tch, hard ****, whatever. Thus, the compiled code is easier to translate into source code.

Regardless, a decompiler/disassembler will never be able to discern:

if (fileopen = true)

from:

if (fileopen)

Now, if I could find a way to decompile comments, lol.