1. big problem
- Posted by ThatNerd at AOL.COM
Jun 27, 1998
I just finished my program, bound it, and deleted the .ex file by accident.
Now I need to update it, but all I have is the exe!!! Has anyone got a
decompiler, or know where I can find one???
2. Re: big problem
-----Original Message-----
De: ThatNerd at AOL.COM <ThatNerd at AOL.COM>
Para: EUPHORIA at cwisserver1.mcs.muohio.edu
<EUPHORIA at cwisserver1.mcs.muohio.edu>
Fecha: sábado 27 de junio de 1998 19:49
Asunto: big problem
>I just finished my program, bound it, and deleted the .ex file by accident.
>Now I need to update it, but all I have is the exe!!! Has anyone got a
>decompiler, or know where I can find one???
Too bad, not a hope on the horizon :(
You should never delete your source code!
Regards,
Daniel Berstein
daber at pair.com
3. Re: big problem
ThatNerd at AOL.COM wrote:
> I just finished my program, bound it, and deleted the .ex file by accident.
> Now I need to update it, but all I have is the exe!!! Has anyone got a
> decompiler, or know where I can find one???
did you try 'undelete'?
if you aren't familiar with 'undelete' or its multitudinous
variants, find a guru BEFORE you do anything to speak of
with or to your computer. 'undelete' and its kin work
exponentially better if the computer has NOT been used to
do anything that would create, delete, or modify any files
on that drive. windoze and such continuously write/rewrite data
to HD's (swap-file is a guaranteed way to make file undeletion
near impossible...).
so, if you don't know how to undelete, turn off the computer
and find a guru. if running win95, don't try DOS only utilities.
(i.e.: norton8...its dos/win31 ONLY)
if you do know how to use undelete, don't forget to LOCK the
drive (if under win95) and its by far BEST to reboot into
_pure_ DOS only (f8 to show menu when 'starting win95' shows)
none of this information is being provided with any warranty.
hope this helps--Hawke
4. Re: big problem
- Posted by CHARN1407 at AOL.COM
Jun 27, 1998
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Last edited Jun 28, 1998
It's probably possible for Rob to unbind/unshroud a program, but that might be
a security gap or something...I usually make copies of my source and store it
in 2 directories or 2 drives...
5. Re: big problem
>I just finished my program, bound it, and deleted the .ex file by accident.
>Now I need to update it, but all I have is the exe!!! Has anyone got a
>decompiler, or know where I can find one???
Well, some1 made a decompiler once, but thanfully never released it.
1) You'll get code with short variable names like 'xcv'
2) No comments are there
3) Include files or not, all code in one big file
Would he release the decompiler, then we can decompile everybody's code.
Some of us, don't want that. Packard for example, is asking money for the
source. Extracting it doesn't help the Euphoria community. So it was never
released.
Maybe the person that had the decompiler, could decompile the code for you.
Although I must admit, I can't remember who it was. I'm pretty sure one
would keep a tool like that.
Just don't go releasing it anyway.
BTW If you have binded it with the -encrypt option that you really run out
of luck! No way to get your source then. Robert wouldn't and shouldn't
release the encryption algoritm.
But you might be able to sent you .exe to the one who could decompile it.
(instead of him spreading the decompiler 
Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
nieuwen at xs4all.nl
