codes from a published website

[praje123456]

hi all

I am new in asp.net. my company got a big asp project for updation. and it is a published website so that the source code is not available.
how can i retrive the source code from the published? Is there any chance?
If not what i do for the updation of the site.
also i want to no how can we understand the published site is updatable


thank you

 

[jmeckley]

you will need to know whether it's asp or asp.net. the two languages are as different as knight and day.

asp is a scripting language, while asp.net is a strongly typed compiled language.

in either case you will need to source code if you want to update the functionality of the website.

since asp is a scripting language all you need to do is pull the files from the server, edit, test and deploy.

asp.net is a little more tricky. you will need the source code, which may or may not be deployed to the server. it shouldn't be, but you never know. to update the functionality of the site you would need to alter the code, compile, test, and deploy the compiled binaries and supporting files (.aspx, .ashx, .asax...)

you can use a tool like Reflector or ILSpy to view the source code of the compiled assembly, but these tools do not create the source files for you.

you best option will be to contact the vendor/previous developers to help you get started locating the files and understanding the architecture of the site.

Jason Meckley
Programmer

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