Is it possible to change an exe application design, example the calculator in windows xp or windows 7, can i some how embed the calculator into visual studio vb.net and change its design only like put different graphics around it, it will still work same way just design change. thanks
You need the code to do that. Extracting the code from a executable application is complicated most of the times: Why can't we extract source code from executable file?
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There is a program/service running on different systems executing vb.net scripts.
The application running and managing the scripts is also written in vb.net.
I want to implement the option to debug the scripts directly on the different systems the scripts are running on.
So I am looking for a debugger that can be embedded in a vb.net application.
Ideally the solution would provide code highlighting, Watches, Stepping through the code,
a way to easily add libraries.
A colleague told me there is a way of embedding VS Code in an application, yet I have not found a way to implement the described requirements.
I have just reversed a crackme in OllyDbg, and I was wondering if I can modify its code with application written in VB.NET. For example, to change JNZ (on specified address) for JMP.
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I see there is a misconception. I was talking about creating patcher in Visual Basic.NET(programmatically change EXE code) to patch already reversed application. I know about Write/ReadProcessMemory that allows me to inject code after application execution(in that case it's loader not patcher), but how to overwrite EXE permanently?
Changing JNZ to JMP is kind of bypassing some kind of verification inside application (serial number of if it is purchased or not, so if you have the source code, you can just comment which lines you don't want your application to execute
Patching a compiled program is possible with certain tools, you can even do that in runtime with code injection.
But, as i understand from your question, you're talking about a vb .NET application and not a regular VB application.
VB .NET applications compiles to bytecode (MSIL code) and not binary like regular VB applications, which makes it even more easier to reverse, you can actually "decompile" the .exe file to it's source code with a tool like ILSPY (see google), patch it, and then re-compiled it.
I just ported one of my C# .net programs to run with mono on linux. Functionally it seems to be working, however under linux the program looks very different. It seems that many of the user controls have grown with respect to the main window, this results in a lot of truncation and scroll bars that are not present when built with visual studio. I tried this:
http://www.mono-project.com/FAQ:_Winforms
but that didn't help. Is there a way to make my program appear the same with mono/linux as with .net/windows? I realize that I may have to redesign the form slightly.
Also, since I loaded my .net project into mono I can't see to find the form designer? How can I the form layout of my program linux side?
So the problem here is that if you make WinForms look like Windows on Linux, people complain it doesn't look native on Linux, and if you make it look native on Linux people still complain.
That said there might be bugs causing the UI to show incorrectly - you should try to create small test cases and file bugs (and in the process you'll likely find out what works on both platforms).
There is no form designer on Linux, you need to use Visual Studio for design-time support.
I come from a Mac background. I developed games with Xcode and Objective-C frameworks.
Recently I moved to Windows and decided to use VB.NET for a while. It is cool.
Here is my intention:
I want to develop a Windows platform game. The game is rather complex, and I will need some kind of "engine" or "editor" to be able to edit my levels and properties easily. The idea is that I can build most of the game with this editor and then the editor will compile the project files and resources into one .exe file for gaming.
Fortunately, I was able to create my editor with VB.NET. I am able to edit levels and such. However, I am not sure about the "compilation" part to create a .exe file and play the game.
Basically I am at the point of designing the "Compile" button in my editor. But I am clueless. I could not find much documentation regarding this topic.
My editor has all variables and information the game needs to run.
I assume that this .exe file is like another VB.NET project (produced by my editor) that will basically take the data it comes with and "run" the game loop alright.
Any ideas, links, etc? Thanks.
**Note: my game is a 2d game with, probably, a vast amount of sprites and such.
Visual Studio is a fantastic IDE for development of Windows apps. Compiling the project is pretty simple. You just compile and it gives you an exe that's in the .NET Framework. Microsoft also has XNA Game Studio to help with game design if you want to look at gaming frameworks for .NET.
Also, you can take files from your editor if they generate vb.net and use the vbc compiler command to compile them into libraries, executables, whatever you like. The command could be something like this:
vbc /reference:Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll File.vb
Here's a link to the .NET command line compiler for VB.NET.
I'm not entirely sure what you mean here. Are you saying that you have an editor (something like a level or map editor?) for your game, and that you want the output of this editor to be embedded into the exe for your actual game application when it compiles?
If that's the case (or something similar to it) then you'll first want to consider how to persist your data to file. Then you could manually add files you've created as embedded resources. Or better yet, create a file type that holds as many 'levels' or 'maps' as you need and embed that. This way as you create more they will just get added to that file and you won't have to keep adding more embedded resources.
Not sure that this is a valid programming question ... but is it possible to program infa red using vb.net express (iRDA) Got a programming project in my mind, but none of the coding examples work, IrDAClient never gets recognised
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It's a valid question but it needs to be a bit more specific. VB.Net can certainly be used to program against IRDA. There is nothing preventing you from using IrDAClient with VB.Net.
We do need to know though what problems you are having? Can you post the samples that are giving you trouble or tell us what errors you are seeing?
EDIT Update to comments
There is nothing that will prevent you from writing a program targeting IRDA from VB Express. What you appear to be missing is a reference to the DLL that contains the IrDA libraries. You'll neeed to add a reference to System.Net.Irda.dll. It will be in the following directory (assuming your programming to Windows CE)
C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\CompactFramework\v2.0\WindowsCE
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I may be wrong about the ability of VB express to program against a device project. I don't have any 2008 express builds on my machine to verify right now.
The IrDAClient class is part of the .Net Compact framework. I'm not sure if it's possible to use it on a desktop machine.
You can at least add the reference by searching for the file System.Net.IrDA.dll. On my system it was under: Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\CompactFrameworkSDK\v1.0.5000\Windows CE
If it's not present you may be able to download it here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa497280.aspx