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Re: Recover VSTA Project File

Qurator — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:40:17 GMT

Hi,

Just a quick update. I've managed to decompile the .dll using Telerik JustDecompile BETA. Nice and easy to use if anyone has the same problem. It showed all the functions that were inside in .cs or .vb or IL. It appears to have the ability to make a .cs file but I opted to copy and paste. Although the code isn't 100% it gives a good idea of what was happening and I've managed to recreate the functionality of the old form and introduce the new features. No doubt there will be some bugs, but hopefully this will be a 1 off thing.

Thanks for the help. :)

Re: Recover VSTA Project File

Jimmy — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:21:50 GMT

There are tools to disassemble a .NET DLL and return them to some human-readable format. I haven't tried them myself and I reckon it would take a fair amount of know-how to use. Mr. Brocksieper is correct that there's no way to get back the original .cs without finding it somewhere.

Re: Recover VSTA Project File

Karsten Brocksieper — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:08:50 GMT

Hello Qurator,

unfortunately but as far as I know there is no way to get the .cs file from a published template form. When you publish the form, all files are packaged in the .XSN (template) and the code is also packaged in the XSN in the form of a DLL. The code is compiled into a DLL (dynamic link library) and it is packaged inside the template file (XSN) so when you publish the form, the published template already has the code compiled into it. So there´s no source code in a published form at all.

I´m really sorry but you will have to search for the originally saved template with the VSTA project.

Regards,

Recover VSTA Project File

Qurator — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:42:57 GMT

Hi,

I've recently been asked to modify a published form and update the code. Unfortunately, no one knows where the code is actually located. The only versions I've been able to find so far appear to be missing quite a bit of functionality. Is there anyway to locate the .cs file from the published .xsn?

Thanks,