07-06-2004, 02:16 AM
Being able to read what the executables and DLL files are doing is a lot different than having the source codes. There are some severe limits to what can be done to modify an executable and still have it run properly compared to making changes to a source code and recompiling a new version of the program from that. Also the source codes will typically have in line comments about some of the functionality of the sections. These comments are not included when a compiler reworks the source code into an executable form. The process of converting a sorce code into an executable is almost a one way street; reversing the process is a lot of guess work that can easily miss subtle points that were actually in the orginal code.