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lenz-_-
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How do i view .dll files? I tried any text document but everythings apears in unicode or something like that.
I can't understand what i need to view this files...

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DLLs (Dynamic Linked Libraries) aren't viewable in any manner.
Why do you even need to know a DLL's content? Normally you wouldn't have to care about that as long as you're not a programmer.

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In that case, you could say these DLLs are part of the game's executable. There are quite many games and application which outsource parts of their executables in DLLs.

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Illegally downloading music is also against the eula for Limewire, but when has that ever stopped anyone from doing it, furthermore, the topic of this topic was to generate suggestions as to how to view dll file, I was only providing a suggestion. Thirdly, how else can you view the binary file other than decompiling it. Fourth, if it is forbidden by the EULA of proprietary software to decompile a binary, then why the heck are there decompilers out there in the market today? Even then, the legality of decompilation of binaries is not relevant to the topic at all...

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leegao has written
Illegally downloading music is also against the eula for Limewire, but when has that ever stopped anyone from doing it, furthermore, the topic of this topic was to generate suggestions as to how to view dll file, I was only providing a suggestion. Thirdly, how else can you view the binary file other than decompiling it. Fourth, if it is forbidden by the EULA of proprietary software to decompile a binary, then why the heck are there decompilers out there in the market today? Even then, the legality of decompilation of binaries is not relevant to the topic at all...


ganz einfach:
es gibt immer Leute die sich über gesetze hinwegsetzen

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Lizard has written
ganz einfach:
es gibt immer Leute die sich über gesetze hinwegsetzen roll eyes

As for example, forum moderators breaking the rule to speak English in the English fora. Oh well...

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oh shit, I slowly realize that I'm in a bit of stress -.-

here it is translated:

ganz einfach:
es gibt immer Leute die sich über gesetze hinwegsetzen roll eyes

easy:
there are always people who don't obey rules

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leegao has written
Thirdly, how else can you view the binary file other than decompiling it?

Ever used a hex editor? That is the typical way to look at a binary without decompilation.

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. Fourth, if it is forbidden by the EULA of proprietary software to decompile a binary, then why the heck are there decompilers out there in the market today? Even then, the legality of decompilation of binaries is not relevant to the topic at all...

Most of them are to recover old or lost code from remaining binaries, or for optimizing them in assembler/op-code if the original compiler is to crappy

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bizzl has written
leegao has written
Thirdly, how else can you view the binary file other than decompiling it?

Ever used a hex editor? That is the typical way to look at a binary without decompilation.

Well, of course both decompiling/disassembling and hex-viewing would be possible, but I doubt LenZ could understand the disassembled/decompiled or even binary code.
So it's not really much of a solution.
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