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swintec
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[Info] DLL Viewer/Editor

I'm a little confused on how to ask this question but I assume there is something out there that does this. Is there a program that can show the contents of a DLL file? Possibly edit the contents? The way I understand a DLL file to work is it is a small set of instructions or links for the program to run off of, hence "Dynamic Loaded Library." Like I said, I want to be able to see the contents of a specific DLL and edit it if need be. Thanks for the help.
OZO
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Try ResHacker - Free Download Resource Hacker 3.4.0 - A freeware utility to view, modify, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables.

swintec
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Thanks for the reply. The program you posted works as it should. I guess I misunderstood what I wanted to do. The program itself is an old shareware program written in .net. There was some changes made to the way it will run and I had to make a small change to it, and I figured this setting would be somewhere in one of the DLL files. I had pictured in my mind that if I opened a DLL in an editor it would give me this whole "mini-program" and I could edit it to my liking. It seems this program just gives a few details with little that can be changed. Hmmmm...

PetePuma
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A DLL is (with a few exceptions) compiled code like an EXE. Nothing in it to edit.

You can use some resource editors (as suggested) to alter resources (images, icons, etc.) within DLLs and EXEs, but as far as the code segments go, you need the sourcecode and a compiler to recompile the DLLs.
OZO
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They call this art - hacking or reverse engineering. In order to do so you have to possess a good knowledge about how programs work, how to interpret assembler instructions (low level programming language), and have a good experience in debugging programs. If you already have all of that and ready to spend a lot of time - then go for it . Let us know particular questions...

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On his way back to Texas, but not soon enough.

swintec
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said by OZO:

They call this art - hacking or reverse engineering. In order to do so you have to possess a good knowledge about how programs work, how to interpret assembler instructions (low level programming language), and have a good experience in debugging programs. If you already have all of that and ready to spend a lot of time - then go for it . Let us know particular questions...

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So is this what they call "hex editing"? So like I said, the program was written in .NET . While I do have C++ and Java experience, from an initial look, the differences between these and .NET are quite apparent. In my mind it is such a simple fix. The program is set to go out to the internet to interact with a specific server, this server address is hard coded into the program. The server has been changed, and in my mind it seemed so simple to just go in and delete the old server and put the new one in. This is starting to sound like an all to complicated process. Ahh well. Thanks for the help.
OZO
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OZO

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In this particular case "hex editing" may work.

swintec
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swintec

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said by OZO:

In this particular case "hex editing" may work.
Whats the best hex editor, paid or otherwise. I have heard of some talk about hex editing and mention the program they use, but the name of it escapes me right now.

lilhurricane
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Anything here?

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