How do I extract resources from a VB exe?

[steve smith]

I've taken over development of a system that was partially complete. The consulting firm that performed the original development gave me an executable and a bunch of source code that does not compile. They included only *.bas and *.frm files, no project file, icons or bitmaps - nothing else. Litigation is pending, so they're not giving me anything else. In the mean time, I'm responsible for finishing this project.


How can I extract the resources (bitmaps, icons) from the executable?

[Gary Grant]

There are resource viewers/extractors on the internet. This site's sister

(MFC Programmer's Sourcebook) has a few posts pertaining to this.


The problem you may run into are the items that are not stored as resources but

as data in an ActiveX control's propertybag. These may not be accessable.


Good luck.

A viewer I use is MSVC++ 5.. open up the exe in VC using the option 'open as resource'!!

- Alex (adblack@uwaterloo.ca)