How to get the source code from a precompiled website?

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Hi,
I have a pre-compiled website code in asp.net c#.I want to get the code in it's normal form like it was before it was put on to compiled code.If it's not possible then is there any other way to get it into the working form?

Posted 29-Apr-14 6:34am

Sumit Bhargav

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[no name] 29-Apr-14 12:54pm

You would need to decompile it using Reflector or similar but it may not be exactly the same. Of course the easiest thing to do would be to just reopen your website project in visual studio.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Apr-14 12:56pm

Decompilation is not a problem, but where to get the assemblies? From the client side it is not possible.
—SA

[no name] 29-Apr-14 14:11pm

No he said that he already has the assemblies. I suspect that he is trying to reverse engineer someone else's code.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Apr-14 15:35pm

This is hard to imagine (OP may not know exactly what he really has.) Normally, a stranger is not given the access to the assemblies; and they are harder to get then to decompile them.
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Apr-14 15:59pm

Anyway, I answered, please see Solution 1. However, I cannot see the reason for such situation which could be both reasonable and legitimate.
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Apr-14 12:56pm

Why? Don't you have access to the source code? I cannot imagine the situation where you don't
Do you have access to the Website content at all?
—SA

Sumit Bhargav 29-Apr-14 13:31pm

i have,but all of my aspx.cs pages are in dll in the form of classes.I want them back with my pages.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Apr-14 15:38pm

Please tell me why. How come someone gave you the assembles which are never exposed to the clients, and did not give your source code. What is the reason for reverse-engineering? This is a serious question, considering the usual reasons for such situations: 1) some loser's company simply lose source code; 2) someone tries to get source code without the permission of the developer. Both cases are abnormal. Why do you need that?
—SA

Sumit Bhargav 29-Apr-14 23:58pm

my client's previous developer did this and then he left and now i need to get them back to start working on it.

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2014-04-29T09:48:00

Please see the comments to the question. I cannot see the legitimate purpose for reverse engineering. Nevertheless, assuming that it is somehow legitimate: my advice is: use the open-source product ILSpy, which performs decompilation of very good quality:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Reflector[^] (see the reference at the end of "History" section),
http://www.ilspy.net/[^].

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DamithSL · Answer 2 · 2014-04-29T09:53:00

Solution 2

you can use decompiler, for example dotPeek (is a free-of-charge .NET decompiler)
http://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/[^]

Posted 29-Apr-14 9:53am

DamithSL