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Have you ever reflected Reflector?

Lutz Roeder's Reflector, that is. Its obfuscated. I still don't understand this. Can somebody please explain? ...

How much time do you spend in Reflector? (.NET)

As a consultant I get to toy around with many different products and APIs as the customer demands we use X and Y. I think it is great fun and I learn a lot from it. What will make a great developer over time is, in my opinion, the will to understand and learn new things. Therefore, I will always try to understand what happens "behind th...

How much success is there working on ASP.NET decompiled by Reflector?

I just finished a small project where changes were required to a pre-compiled, but no longer supported, ASP.NET web site. The code was ugly, but it was ugly before it was even compiled, and I'm quite impressed that everything still seems to work fine. It took some editing, e.g. to remove control declarations, as they get put in a gener...

What do you use to protect your .NET code from reverse engineering?

For a while we were using a tool called CodeVeil. I'm just wondering if there are better alternatives out there. Edit: Before more people misunderstand the question, I'm aware that a determined cracker would probably be able to defeat any of these tools. I'm not too concerned about them though. These tools are just meant to stop the...

Can you use Reflector to get the source code of an app and then debug using that source code?

It seems like you could use a mashup of Relector and a Debugger to be able to debug any .NET app WITHOUT having the source code at all. Is this possible? Has anyone seen this before? ...

How to make Reflector an addin for Visual Studios?

I downloaded Reflector.Net and it's an .Exe outside VS. I remember (last year) when I downloaded it, it was an Addin to VS. How can I make it back to an Addin? ...

using Reflector.Invoke Method on functions wih optional parameters

I am trying to use reflector.InvokeMethod to invoke a function with an optional parameter. The function looks like this: Private Function DoSomeStuff(ByVal blah1 as string, ByVal blah2 as string, Optional ByVal blah3 as string = "45") as boolean 'stuff end function and I'm Invoking it like this: Dim result As Boolean = Reflector.Inv...

How can I dump an entire assembly to source files using reflector?

Is there a way to dump an entire assemblies source to files using reflector? ...

Is there a way to prevent Reflector from being able to reflect my source code?

Hi Guys, Is there a way (reliable and preferably not commercial) to prevent from Reflector to reflect my source code??? Thanks, Adi ...

How to use Deblector?

I am working with a 3rd party framework, and the code is pretty bad, and I'm getting exceptions that I can't figure out. I was able to decompile using Reflector, and now I'm trying to debug using Deblector, but I can't even figure out how to get a breakpoint set. Why is there no documentation for this tool? There is nothing available abo...

.NET Reflector error: No disassembled code

I've been using .NET Reflector for awhile but I've just recently switched machines and I've reinstalled. However, when I try to disassemble code now, the Disassembler window just shows up as blank. Here's a screenshot where I'm trying to disassemble a TimeSpan Member: ...

Using Reflector, why can't I see the app.manifest embedded in my .NET app?

I have a WinForms .NET app that, according to the Vista Task Manager with UAC enabled, runs with virtualization "Disabled" even though I do not recall adding a manifest with "asInvoker" to the app. VS.NET (this project has gone through all four versions of VS.NET) must have added the \Properties\app.manifest file I see in Solution Explor...

How do commercial obfuscators achieve to crash .net Reflector and ILDASM ?

Some commercial obfuscators claim they can crash ILDASM (and other similar tools such as Reflector) Any idea on how they achieve that? As stated in numerous threads here, someone with enough motivation/time/skill will always find a way to read your code (aka if it's runnable, it's decompilable), but it seems to me that most casual code...

Possible to display actual source code from codebehind on aspx page (for code example pages)

I am working on doing an aspx page to display code usage examples of a library. So basically, I'd like to for example have: Description Source Code Button Output (in a datagrid) Rather than copying and pasting the code from behind the button into the aspx page for display purposes, I was thinking it might be nice to be able to be able ...

Is there a Reflector add-in or other tool that will handle auto properties?

Reflector shows this for auto properties: public string AddressLine1 { [CompilerGenerated] get { return this.<AddressLine1>k__BackingField; } [CompilerGenerated] set { this.<AddressLine1>k__BackingField = value; } } Is there any add-in or other tool that will convert it to: public strin...

Convert a Method to C# source Code

I am writing a fairly simple code gen tool, and I need the ability to convert MSIL (or MethodInfo) objects to their C# source. I realize Reflector does a great job of this, but it has the obnoxious "feature" of being UI only. I know I could just generate the C# strings directly, using string.Format to insert the variable portions, but...

Is there a tool like Reflector for COM libraries?

Is there a tool like Reflector for COM libraries? I would like to open a COM library and browse the classes and interfaces just like in Reflector. I would rather not install Visual Basic 6.0 in order to do this, if possible. ...

Is it possible to invoke .NET Reflector when pressing F1 in Visual Studio?

When I press F1 in Visual Studio 2008, I would like to start .NET reflector and navigate to the selected class/method (instead of waiting for the Visual Studio documentation to start up). Is it possible to configure Visual Studio in that way? Follow-up question: how to determine the type/assembly under the caret (as described in x0...

Is there a way to prevent dll from being opened in a software like reflector??

HI, Is there a way to prevent a particular dll in C# being opened in reflector. I can open many of the dll's and can get the code using reflector. But when trying to open some dll's it shows an error message stating that "The particual dll does not contain a CLI header.". How can I make a dll like this?? ...

Is it legal to use Reflector to analyze binaries when the owner forbids a viewing of the source?

I've been commissioned to perform a review of an application. Company A buys software from Company B. The software crashes often and is not performant. Company A hires me to review software and to inform them if the software is sound. Company B forbids me from viewing (or having access to) their source code citing that they own the i...