Legal Matter

[BitFuzzy]

I have a foxpro application writen in 3.0 that I copy righted a couple of years ago. I have found a product that from what I've seen was derived from my source code.

Is there a product available that will do a comparison of the two applications either in whole or in source, to find similarities and matches ??

Thanks in advance

 

[SGLong]

There is a program call ReFox which can be used to decompile an EXE/APP back to it's source code. But ReFox will also let a developer 'brand' their program with a user defined key which is supposed to make decompiling difficult (impossible?). If this new product was 'branded' you may not be able to do the analysis you want.

 

[BitFuzzy]

I've decompiled the "second" application (it wasn't branded)

Just looking for a more efficiant way to compare these applications than by hand

Strong simularities have been found in the databases, but the sources for both are monsterous.

 

[Rmcnaught]

There is a product by Lexis-Nexis that tracks changes and compares documents. The legal department where I used to work used it for those purposes. I don't know how well it will work with code but maybe you can obtain a demo of it. Their website is

Http://www.lexis-nexis.com/

Richard

 

[weedz]

This may be a simple solution but if you wish to compare files, you could use WinDiff that comes with visual studio.

HTH,
Weedz (Wietze Veld)
My private project:

http://www.crowncap.demon.nl\info\crwnbase

Download the CrownBase source code !!

 

[RoadRunnerOz]

Use Rapiddoc found on UT to place all code in a word document. compare section.
and/or save to a text file
go to

http://www.ztree.com

to get ZtreeWin a XtreeGold clone. Grab jfc.zip a file comparison utility also.

Michael Ouellette
mouellette@compuserve.com