OCX Decryption

[MahmoudElgebali]

Hi,
I had ActiveX controls doen with VB 6.0.
I am planning to disrbute the OCXs.
Is it posible the end user decrypt OCX binary file to the source code?
Regards

[CVMichael]

Since no one replied to you...

I'm not 100% sure... but I think an OCX is compiled the same way as an EXE. So if an EXE cannot be decompiled, then an OCX cannot be decompiled also.

[sciguyryan]

Since no one replied to you...

I'm not 100% sure... but I think an OCX is compiled the same way as an EXE. So if an EXE cannot be decompiled, then an OCX cannot be decompiled also.

I'm pretty shure they are complied in the same way as an EXE file so, I agree with you they probably cannot be decompiled.

You may be able to get the source though, I'm shure they are included with the MSDN CD-ROM.


Cheers,

RyanJ

[CVMichael]

I'm pretty shure they are complied in the same way as an EXE file so, I agree with you they probably cannot be decompiled.

You may be able to get the source though, I'm shure they are included with the MSDN CD-ROM.

Huh ? Your kinda contradicting yourself there..

First you agree with me that it cannot be decompiled, but then you say you can probably get the source code...

Decompiling IS getting the source code...

[sciguyryan]

Huh ? Your kinda contradicting yourself there..

First you agree with me that it cannot be decompiled, but then you say you can probably get the source code...

Decompiling IS getting the source code...

No, what I asid was you may be able to get the code from before it was complied. Like I said I think those are included with the MSDN CD-ROM

Cheers,

RyanJ

[MahmoudElgebali]

Thanks,
SO the finale result is No way to decompile the OCX back to its source code

[Mike Stefanik]

At its core, an OCX is nothing more than a DLL with a type library and several exported functions used to self-register and instantiate the object. It can be disassembled, but its not pcode that can be decompiled back into its original source.