Re: Reverse Engineer SQL*ReportWriter 1.1?
From: Louis Feges <lfeges_at_mail.tor.hookup.net>
Date: 1996/04/30
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>
> We are using SQL*ReportWriter 1.1, and the source for a considerable
> number of reports has
> been lost. We still have the executables (.rep's) and we were wondering
> if anyone knows of a
> way to "Reverse Engineer" from the executable back to the source. (Using
> Case ?).
>
> Obviously, running the report, seeing what it does, and re-writing the
> report is the most straight-
> forward option, but we were hoping for something better.
>
> Thanks in advance.
It's been some time, but I have a perl program that hacks up the executable. It was written with the intent of translating reportwriter into sqr. You could do the same. I'm sure.
Date: 1996/04/30
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> We are using SQL*ReportWriter 1.1, and the source for a considerable
> number of reports has
> been lost. We still have the executables (.rep's) and we were wondering
> if anyone knows of a
> way to "Reverse Engineer" from the executable back to the source. (Using
> Case ?).
>
> Obviously, running the report, seeing what it does, and re-writing the
> report is the most straight-
> forward option, but we were hoping for something better.
>
> Thanks in advance.
It's been some time, but I have a perl program that hacks up the executable. It was written with the intent of translating reportwriter into sqr. You could do the same. I'm sure.
\louis Received on Tue Apr 30 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST