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Simply speaking, decompilation is the inverse of compilation: translating an executable file into a higher level language.
Suppose you lose your Delphi project's source and you only have the executable file: reverse engineering (decompilation) is useful if the original sources are not available.
Hm, "sources not available", does this mean that we can decompile other people's Delphi projects? Well, yes and no..
Simply speaking, decompilation is the inverse of compilation: translating an executable file into a higher level language.
Suppose you lose your Delphi project's source and you only have the executable file: reverse engineering (decompilation) is useful if the original sources are not available.Hm, "sources not available", does this mean that we can decompile other people's Delphi projects? Well, yes and no..
Read the full article to learn how to Decompile a Delphi application.
Related:
- Embeding Resources in Delphi program's EXE
- Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL) and Delphi
- Free Source Delphi Code Projects
Reverse Engineering (Decompiling) Delphi Applications originally appeared on About.com Delphi Programming on Monday, December 24th, 2012 at 02:00:33.