MuffinMan Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 I spoke briefly with a consultant last week that uses another scripting tool for his scripts (WinBatch). He was telling me that he set sets up an "escape hatch" on all his complied scripts so that if he loses the source code he can still get it back. He said that if he creates a file on the root of C: called iminbigtrouble.txt and then runs his EXE that it will dump the source code into that file so that he can get back to (evidentally Winbatch scripts are nearly impossible to decompile?). I don't really know the guy that well and I'm a little sceptical that he was perhaps just blowing smoke. But I thought this was a cool idea and wondered if anyone else had thought of this or is doing this, or is it even possible in AutoIT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDod Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 I spoke briefly with a consultant last week that uses another scripting tool for his scripts (WinBatch). He was telling me that he set sets up an "escape hatch" on all his complied scripts so that if he loses the source code he can still get it back. He said that if he creates a file on the root of C: called iminbigtrouble.txt and then runs his EXE that it will dump the source code into that file so that he can get back to (evidentally Winbatch scripts are nearly impossible to decompile?). I don't really know the guy that well and I'm a little sceptical that he was perhaps just blowing smoke.But I thought this was a cool idea and wondered if anyone else had thought of this or is doing this, or is it even possible in AutoIT?You could always FileInstall a copy of your script into itself that only installs if a certain criteria is met. Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time ......T.S. Elliot Suspense is worse than disappointment................Robert Burns God help the man who won't help himself, because no-one else will...........My Grandmother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdkid Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 (edited) Well, probably not the best idea, but you could include the .au3 file and then compile, and if used with a command line arg like myexe.exe mypasswordcommand it would fileinstall to c: --just a thought ~cdkid edit: too slow again! oh well, i said more than bigdod Edited March 6, 2006 by cdkid AutoIt Console written in C#. Write au3 code right at the console :D_FileWriteToLineWrite to a specific line in a file.My UDF Libraries: MySQL UDF Library version 1.6 MySQL Database UDF's for AutoItI have stopped updating the MySQL thread above, all future updates will be on my SVN. The svn location is:kan2.sytes.net/publicsvn/mysqlnote: This will still be available, but due to my new job, and school hours, am no longer developing this udf.My business: www.hirethebrain.com Hire The Brain HireTheBrain.com Computer Consulting, Design, Assembly and RepairOh no! I've commited Scriptocide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valuater Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 in my "Autoit Wrappers" post you can find many helpful additions to your script here is one like you were looking for ; Command Line decompile to desktop ; Author Skruge If $CMDLine[0] > 0 Then If $CMDLine[1] = "/decompile" Then GetSource() EndIf ; Main Code Here Func GetSource() FileInstall("MyScript.au3", @DesktopDir & "\") Exit EndFunc;==>GetSource 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developers Jos Posted March 6, 2006 Developers Share Posted March 6, 2006 Why not just EXE2AU3 ? SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5eraph Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 An escape hatch sounds like a great idea now that I've lost some hard to duplicate code. I wish I had thought to do this.Why not just EXE2AU3 ?When will EXE2AU3 support v3.3.0.0 code? Is an update in the works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developers Jos Posted December 6, 2009 Developers Share Posted December 6, 2009 An escape hatch sounds like a great idea now that I've lost some hard to duplicate code. I wish I had thought to do this.When will EXE2AU3 support v3.3.0.0 code? Is an update in the works?Never. SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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