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How do you decompile an ARX app??

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Rusty Gesner

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Feb 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/7/97
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Why would you want to do so? To steal the code?

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Richard

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Feb 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/8/97
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One of AutoCAD's greatest attributes has been it's open Architecture. A
user who wants to open a file may only want to modify the code slightly
for his own needs. He/she may also be trying to learn (so that they can
make there own code better). I look at other lisp routines all the
time.

Encryption of AutoCAD support files was a bad idea. The users should
have the ability to look at and modify code! We take advantage of open
Architecture everytime we work with a third party package.

Richard 8~)

George R. Cosby

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Feb 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/11/97
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In article <32FC9D...@bconnex.net>,

exactly, richard.
and i have found that one who's first thought is
that someone is out to steal, is the first person to
steal themself.
george

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Feb 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/11/97
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On Sat, 08 Feb 1997 10:37:10 -0500, Richard <r...@bconnex.net> wrote:
Richard

thats exactily what I need to do, modify the code to make it work they
way I need to work. So how do I decompile the ARX app so I can modify
it?

Morten Warankov

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Feb 12, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/12/97
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get...@earthlink.net wrote:
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> On Sat, 08 Feb 1997 10:37:10 -0500, Richard <r...@bconnex.net> wrote:
> Richard
>
> thats exactily what I need to do, modify the code to make it work they
> way I need to work. So how do I decompile the ARX app so I can modify
> it?
>

My best advice is to send a notice to the copyright owner of the code,
and ask him to develop a new version of the product.

Hope this helps,

Mortenw

Ian A. White

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Feb 14, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/14/97
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On Tue, 11 Feb 1997 15:51:08 GMT, get...@earthlink.net wrote:

>On Sat, 08 Feb 1997 10:37:10 -0500, Richard <r...@bconnex.net> wrote:
>Richard
>
>thats exactily what I need to do, modify the code to make it work they
>way I need to work. So how do I decompile the ARX app so I can modify
>it?

Why not contact the author? You might find what you want to do may be
there with a whole lot more.

Better still, if you know exactly what you want to do, why not write
the better/improved routie yourself.

Regards,

Ian A. White, CPEng
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WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

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