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What tool can I use to extract resources from a VB6 application? [closed]

One of my clients has an application that was written for them using VB6. They no longer have the original resources that were given to the developer. The developer has disappeared off the face of the earth. My challenge is to extract the resources from the executable and rebuild the application, adding new material to it.

I've tried using Resource Hacker, but that only finds the icon. The exe is over 26MB, I can't see that the only resource embedded is the icon.

Edit: I do not to retrieve the source code from this. Decompiling is not the objective. I merely want the embedded media resources so that I can utilise them in the application which I am rewriting from scratch. Please do not confuse the word "resources" with "source code".

Is there a way to extract just the resources?

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RichieACC Avatar asked Apr 30 '10 10:04

RichieACC


1 Answers

A vanilla VB6 exe has 'Icon', 'Icon Group' & 'Version Info' resources that should be visible in resource hacker, as should any resources added via the VB6 resource tool or VS's RC.EXE.

Its a fat EXE so perhaps the author packed it? There are utilities that will try to determince what packer (if any) was used.

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Alex K. Avatar answered Sep 30 '22 12:09

Alex K.