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2007-02-12 16:46:51 · 6 answers · asked by Jack_Krauser 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
you should never need to open a .dll file
2007-02-12 16:50:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ummmmm....let me think....none....Short for Dynamic Link Library, a library of executable functions or data that can be used by a Windows application. Typically, a DLL provides one or more particular functions and a program accesses the functions by creating either a static or dynamic link to the DLL. A static link remains constant during program execution while a dynamic link is created by the program as needed. DLLs can also contain just data. DLL files usually end with the extension .dll,.exe., drv, or .fon.
A DLL can be used by several applications at the same time. Some DLLs are provided with the Windows operating system and available for any Windows application. Other DLLs are written for a particular application and are loaded with the application.
If you're missing a dll there are several sites to go to. www.ask.com and enter dll in the search box and there ya go. Or if your dll for a software program is corrupt..uninstall reboot reinstall the program...
2007-02-13 00:52:55 · answer #2 · answered by Deborah A 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
DLL files, dynamic link lybraries, are only used by programmers to put part of their program somehwere else. So lets say u make the microsoft office suite, and all of the programs use some function that is the same, the programmer will store it in a dll to be accessed a ton of times whenever it wants, saving space.
So its like, a chunk of an executable, to be used repeadedly or shared. They are also used so when u download updates, the whole program doesn't need to be updated and redownloaded, just a part of it.
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2007-02-13 01:15:56 · answer #3 · answered by Kristofer 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dll's are compiled forms of source code, whatever that source code may have been. If you really want to peek inside a dll, you will need an appropriate decompiler (depending on what language the dll was compiled from). Also, during compilation, code is automatically optimised by a compiler, so decompilation may not necessarily result in human readable code, AFAIK.
Ordinarily, it is not necessary to go rooting around inside dll's.
2007-02-13 10:54:07 · answer #4 · answered by eoin2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Download Resource Hacker and open exes, dll and other formats with it. get it from http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/
2007-02-13 01:02:04 · answer #5 · answered by iMaXX 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are encrypted files and can not and should not be opened by any means.
Doing so could damage the files causing problems in the applications they were designed for.
2007-02-13 00:56:26 · answer #6 · answered by EddieS 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋