getting a source code from vb.exe

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sir,
I have a .exe file of visual basic language
how can I get its source code

Posted 3-Feb-12 0:13am

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Rajesh Anuhya 3-Feb-12 6:18am

VB means VB6??

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2012-02-03T00:18:00

Solution 1

You could try a Google search for 'decompilers', but remember that you may not get 100% accurate source code. If the original was VB.NET then Free-Net-decompiler-for-everyone-for-ever.aspx[^] may help.

Posted 3-Feb-12 0:18am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 3-Feb-12 6:21am

My 5. For a native inquirer would be useful to explain that the source file is not stored anywhere in the deployed "binary" code, so no one can "get" it.

The fundamental idea is this: compilation increases entropy of the code.

--SA

Wendelius · Answer 2 · 2012-02-03T09:52:00

Solution 2

If this is a .Net program, you can use ILSpy[^]. This translates the MSIL back to C#. Reflector[^] is a commercial app to do the same thing but it also supports decompiling to vb.net

Posted 3-Feb-12 9:52am

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