Recovering lost project files

[cjelec]

Yes, it's happened :-(

I was in the middle of coding, and also in the middle of backups when I had a hdd failure. I have recovered most of my files, including a debug build of my project. But I am missing some key classes that will take me days to write/test...

Is there a way to decompile a project from the debug build?

Thanks

 

[computerjin]

cjelec,

You are in a tough situations. Try using .NET decompiler. But they are not free. Their Demos are available though. I recommend using Decompiler .NET by Jungle Creatures Inc from

http://www.junglecreatures.com

Other good one is Xenocode Fox from

http://www.xenocode.com

Sometimes I use a combination of both and post of the time I reverse-engineer my required code successfully.

Hope it helps.

 

[cjelec]

Thanks for your links,

I tried Decompiler.NET, it worked but the output is only in c# and the trial version does 50% of the code, which is a start and I know there are ways to convert the code back to vb.

I haven't tried xenocode yet.

Thanks again


Another question,

Has anyone tried Anakrino (found at:

http://www.saurik.com/net/exemplar/)?

 

[ca8msm]

Also, have a look at:

http://www.remotesoft.com/

http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/

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[computerjin]

cjelec,

I use a combination of Decompiler.NET (licensed) and Xenocode Fox (Demo) when needed. I feel no problem working in C#. But you can use a converter from C# to VB.NET. They are available and some of them have GPL licensing.

Another suggestion is; if you have a small number of classes to decompile, then use Xenocode Fox. Its demo version does not allow you to save the source code but you can copy-paste the code from Xenocode Fox to your code files. It supports C#, VB.NET and MSIL languages.

Hope it helps.

 

[chrissie1]

Install sourcecontrol.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My old site" - Me

 

[AndyLee100]

Christiaan,

thats helpful