Is ther anything tht we can open ".dll" file with?

Question

Is there any software that would be able to open DLL file and read the content?

Answer 1

If you want to see what's in it, why not load it into a HexEditor? You can install one that works rather well, for free, from here: http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm

Answer 2

If the .dll is a .Net assembly, you can see all of the code contained within if you open it in Reflector (a .Net disassembler, works great). For regular native code compiled .dlls, a hex editor is about the best you are going to get. Without massive free time and a keen understanding of microprocessor code, you will never decipher the contents.

Answer 3

I agree with pfo (Answerer).

A .dll file is a "Dynamic Link Library) file.
It is a "helper" file for the .exe file (Application)

It is written by the programmer when he writes the code and it is part and parcel of the Application.

Opening it with a "text" application would show you a bunch of gibberish (unprintable characters) used by the CPU to follow instruction in binary code. Binary code is what the CPU understands (0s and 1s).

Since you had to ask how to open one of them, I'll take for granted that you don't know Binary code or Hexadecimal notation.

SO, when you can answer the following question, you will realize that there is more to .dll's than you think:

Here's the question:
Convert the following hexadecimal notation to its decimal equivalent,

FEED DEED

Good luck, heh heh.
;-)

Answer 4

If the dll houses .net code you can view the source using reflector available from http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/

Answer 5

.dlls are compiled files and are pretty much gibberish. they were not intended to be read by anything but the computer.

Answer 6

If they are used by a .NET program, you can try to open them in .NET, but you would need the complete package. Other then that, you are really out of luck...