Viewing dlls

Whoa, havn't posted here in a while. Anyways, does anyone know of a program that can let me "open" a dll? Like in a program similar to notepad? Thanks for any help...

dll's are compiled, so no.

Visual Studio .NET

You still wouldnt be able to view the source. A .dll is no different than an .exe except their is no user interface, but its compiled code that can be linked to a program. That is what theyare - linked libraries. Once they are comiled its no longer in source code, but its in binary form. You can open them in a hex editor, but unless you can read hex and know exactly what that library is doing, then you cant understand it.

ResHacker.

That program still wouldnt let you view the source code of a dll. You can mess with compiled programs using it, but still not view the source.

He never really said he wanted to view the source though. ;)

If he actually wants to, you can google it jonnyboy, but try not to capitalize on someone else's work.

Educational purposes only! :mad:

Well I am assuming that when he wants to 'open' a .dll, then he wants to view the source code. There wouldnt be any other reason to open it. But yeah if you want to see whats inside there is nothing wrong with that. If you intend on editing a .dll, then depending on where it came from, you can make a program or OS useless by doing so. You might want to check developers forums and see if anyone has posted what the dll is used for. I know microsoft documents all that stuff on their msdn site.