I need some help. Badly

[antonye]

[quote]Originally posted by confus-ed:
But if he has 10,000 lines of code?
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Exactly.

A lesson hard learned but it highlights the importance of archiving off source code or using some form of version control software.

At the very least (for home/college projects) a backup on disk every day is always worth while.

[LagMonster]

[quote]Originally posted by antonye:
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Exactly.

A lesson hard learned but it highlights the importance of archiving off source code or using some form of version control software.

At the very least (for home/college projects) a backup on disk every day is always worth while.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I agree...must be a fairly new developer if he/she hasn't learned the very harsh lesson of lost code. I have helped friends code, because they messed up and lost it...not fun..

Good luck...keep looking for it somewhere if you can.

[korpse]

Yes decompilers exist for VB 6

No they are not illegal

Why are they useful? If you are a hardcore VB programmer you need to learn how to make your source code virtually useless when your application is decompiled. They only way to do this is to decompile your program and see if the code is accurate and readable.

Why are they not useful? Every single variable in your source code is turned into a generic name, which makes it extremely hard to understand what is going on. Therefore if you lost your source code and your program is a descent size you might as well start over from scratch.

[antonye]

[quote]Originally posted by korpse:
Yes decompilers exist for VB 6
No they are not illegal
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The decompiler itself may not be illegal but using it to decompile a program may be against the licensing terms given out with the software...

[SubZero]

Ok....I think this one has run its course. Time to wrap this one up.