Synchronising between pc and website

[boristhemoggy]

I have a program written a few years ago which allows me to syncronise a PC database with an online access database. The executable holds the path for the ftp process. I have changed hosts now and can't get it to connect. Is there any way of changing the info in the executable file?

[si_the_geek]

Welcome to VBForums!

I'm afraid that you are pretty stuffed here.. changing the code of an executable file is (in most cases) much more work than re-writing the program. It sounds to me as if this is certainly one of those cases.

[boristhemoggy]

I have vb decomiler lite and can see the code. Can I not recomile the file? Or is that a schoolboy question?
I have little experience of VB but getting the source code would be out of the question.

[si_the_geek]

The decompiled version you have is highly unlikely to be the same as the original.. while the decompiler knows what is going on in the executable file, it does not know which VB code created it (as several pieces of code can compile the same way, and VB itself adds lots of code for you). It will certainly not know the variable names etc, but in this case that doesnt really matter.

You may be lucky, and the code will be functionally identical to the original... but there is no way to tell for sure.

You could try chaning the relevant part of the code & re-compiling (in VB), and see if it works.

[boristhemoggy]

What programme could I use to attempt this? Is there a freeware one?

[si_the_geek]

To compile a VB program you need a full version of VB (Enterprise or Professional).

[boristhemoggy]

Oh...okay. Thanks for all your help anyway.