What program do I use to view/edit .dll files?
OK, the simple answer is you don’t, at least not easily, and reverse engineering violates the license agreement. I wonder, how is it exactly you KNOW what you need to change? No matter, just curious. A DLL is a Dynamic Link Library. It is composed of segments. Each segment is a portion of an executable program, known as library routines. The main program “loads” the library data table, like an index, and then calls portions into memory before calling to execute the segment to perform a particular task. The segment may stay resident in memory or be unloaded if not needed again in a short time to free the memory for other uses. Reverse engineering these is quite difficult. You need several programs to hack into any program. You need a disassembler, so you can turn the .machine code of the executable back into assembly language so you can determine exactly what the instructions are that are being executed. You need a program called an ICE program which is a software debugging tool which a
DLL files are not plain ASCII files that you can easily edit. Actually, they are not intended to be editable by users. But since you are going to do it anyway, here are two programs that would allow you to view/edit .dll files: PE Explorer http://www.heaventools.com/overview.htm FlexHex http://www.heaventools.com/flexhex-hex-e… The programs are easy-to-use tools for all users, but some functions require advanced programming knowledge to comprehend. What you do need is a good understanding of programming functions, and at a minimum the ability to read and understand those bunch of numbers that pop up when you open a dll.
