looking for a product

[tony.johansson]

Hello!

I just wonder what is the product called that gives you the possibility to
look at the source code when you have the assembly.
It's not the ildasm I mean it's a product that you can download from the
internet.

I have it on my computer at home but I'm at work now.

//Tony

 

[csharper]

You might be talking about Reflector, but it is not free any more. You might also want to try ILSpy.

 

[Jason Keats]

You might be talking about Reflector, but it is not free any more. You might also want to try ILSpy.

The last free (unlocked) version of Reflector was 6.8.2.5. You have to
pay if you want a later version.

CodeReflect http://www.devextras.com/decompiler/
dotPeek http://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/
ILSpy http://wiki.sharpdevelop.net/ilspy.ashx
JustDecompile http://www.telerik.com/products/decompiling.aspx
Reflector http://www.reflector.net/

There's more if you want to pay.

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

I just wonder what is the product called that gives you the possibility
to look at the source code when you have the assembly.
It's not the ildasm I mean it's a product that you can download from the
internet.

I have been using Reflector for years.

But that is being turned into a commercial product now and
will most likely die soon.

I have been recommended dotPeak and ILSpy as replacement.

Arne

 

[Markus Schaber]

Hallo, Tony,

I just wonder what is the product called that gives you the possibility to
look at the source code when you have the assembly.
It's not the ildasm I mean it's a product that you can download from the
internet.

I have it on my computer at home but I'm at work now.

Those products in general are called decompiler. (ildasm is a
"disassembler".)

There are several of them for .NET.

The aforementioned ".NET Reflector" was the most well known and most
used for a long time - due to the fact that it was free (as in beer),
reliable, and had lots of features.

But then the company owning the rights of that software did lock it
down in a way that forced some users to either pay for an upgrade or
hand-edit registry entries to deinstall it manually. So most users lost
trust to that company, and some of the former users which had the
know-how did start their own decompilers.

The also aforementioned ILSpy from the SharpDevelop team is the one I
use since then (and which is free as in speech), but there are others -
google for ".NET decompiler" or see the list posted by Jason for some
examples.




Gruss,
Markus

 

[Jigar Parmar]

Hello!

I just wonder what is the product called that gives you the possibility to
look at the source code when you have the assembly.
It's not the ildasm I mean it's a product that you can download from the
internet.

I have it on my computer at home but I'm at work now.

//Tony

DOT NET REFLECTOR

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

DOT NET REFLECTOR

As already posted a couple of times: it is no longer free
and free tools exists.

Arne

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

For what it's worth, v6 of Reflector was updated to remove the time-bomb
update code. Red Gate announced that through the end of August, anyone
with v6 could run it and upon getting the update alert, let Reflector
update itself and get the last version, which will run indefinitely
without requiring further updates.

http://www.red-gate.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=13330&sid=eeecb0fc199a42376b2e6c0394af9e02

One catch is that you need a downloaded copy of Reflector already; Red
Gate no longer offers it for download on their web site.

In spite of their statement that the update would be available only
through the end of August, I just checked and it's still enabled, as of
September 4th, 2011. I haven't seen any other statements from Red Gate
suggesting that they've extended their deadline, so I think it's safe to
say that the update could wind up disabled at any moment now. But for
now, if you have or can get a copy of v6 to run, you can upgrade it so
that it won't expire.

Of course, there are other free competitors. And given Red Gate's
behavior regarding Reflector, there's probably some good reasons to
avoid Reflector. But those who want to continue using it for whatever
reason, it's still an option at least for now.

Interesting.

But it will disappear anyway.

Just like CVSNT, Mambo etc. did.

Arne