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[AquaTeenFryMan]

I need some help here. I have a perlscript compiled with perl2exe and I need to decompile it. I have tried google looking for a decompiler and the only one i can seem to find is exe2perl....unfortunatley i can't find a single place to download it. Is there any other way to decompile a .exe made with perl2exe? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[icrf]

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and ask "why?" If you have the right to view the source code, you would very likely have it.

- Andrew
Text::Highlight - A language-neutral syntax highlighting module in Perl
also on SourceForge including demo

 

[PaulTEG]

Why?* is a good question ...
*4icnba

Paul
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Spend an hour a week on CPAN, helps cure all known programming ailments ;-)

 

[AquaTeenFryMan]

Well you probably won't believe me anyway, but my laptop at work blew up (not literaly) Being stupid I never made a backup of the orignal perl code. Thats all the why I can give you. If you can help please do.

 

[AquaTeenFryMan]

Link to original posting on this subject when i was writing the script:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1012937

Have new name now because for some reason tek-tips one day decided to not let me log on.

 

[icrf]

The question was geared to see if the post should be red flagged or not, as most that would ask such have questionable motives.

I believe you, unfortunately, I still can't help. That was always one of perl2exe's selling points, was that it obfuscated the code. Still, googling the exe2perl you mentioned turns up a site that offers me a download on the first hit. Is that not working for you?

http://www.case2000.com/prod.php?id=42293

- Andrew
Text::Highlight - A language-neutral syntax highlighting module in Perl
also on SourceForge including demo

 

[AquaTeenFryMan]

Thanks "ICRF" I understand the questioning of my post. Honestly I am just to lazy to rewrite the code (sad isnt it?). Looking for an easy way out. Thank you for your help, but I have already tried that site, with no luck. I appreciated everything.

 

[icrf]

No problem. I'd guess if the code were recoverable, it wouldn't be in the same for you started with. Seems a level of obfuscation in addition to any "compilation" they might do would have been prudent.

As much as I hate rewriting code, I usually end up with better code in the end. After all, I assume I'm learning and getting better as time goes on, right? Right? At least that's what I tell the boss when raise time comes around. Of course I'm more valuable to the company now...

- Andrew
Text::Highlight - A language-neutral syntax highlighting module in Perl
also on SourceForge including demo

 

[AquaTeenFryMan]

True, True.

 

[PaulTEG]

Whoa yeah ...

Paul
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Spend an hour a week on CPAN, helps cure all known programming ailments ;-)

 

[AquaTeenFryMan]

Whoa yeah?