I believe the About box is actually a bitmap. There is no dialog resource in
the project that corresponds to the about box. Does  the license agreement
say its okay to alter the about box? I'm not sure.

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thanks Halbert! bakground is, i have bought software that compiles exes,
but it puts the name of the purchaser in each exe in "about", instead of teh
company name.

I need to eithe rchange this text, or disable the right click menu in the
exes.

here is the rest of my thought:

I've just realised, re my post, that if I could insert a piece of code to
disable right click in the exe file, I would have my problems solved also.
That way, when people open the exe file and are in it, if they try to get a
right click context menu they will right click and nothing happens. So does
anyoneknow where I could find a piece of code which I can append or insert
into my exe to do this?  I am able to view the compiled exe in a Hex Viewer,
so perhaps I could paste it in , in the Hex Viewer? Once again,
vag### [at] freedomusacom   - thanks people!

my original post I've pasted below, so you know of my problem:

I want to change a string displayed in an "About" box (not the owner bit,
other bits).  I dont have the program source code, only a compiled exe, and
I've done a simple text search in regedit (just the one under "edit, find"
in XP) which shows the info isn't there (after all, it's not info that's
meant to be changed or is specific to the user).

I know some basic programming asp, vb, c , tp etc  - but I'm a bit ignorant.
Can I somehow search the compiled exe for the text string (if it's in binary
or hex or something) and do a search and replace that way?  I know that the
exe came from code which was a mixture of vb, c and so on.

I noticed and passed by a hex tool on the web - probably can't find it
again.  I don't even know what level most little vb/c standalone programs
are compiled to. I mean, I don't know if it's 0s and 1s, or machine language
or whatever.  Any suggestions?


"Halbert" <hal### [at] compudrivelcom> wrote in message
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> I believe the About box is actually a bitmap. There is no dialog resource
in
> the project that corresponds to the about box. Does  the license agreement
> say its okay to alter the about box? I'm not sure.
>

>
>

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"bozo" <nos### [at] goawaycom> wrote in message news:3d760fc8@news.povray.org...
> thanks Halbert! bakground is, i have bought software that compiles exes,
> but it puts the name of the purchaser in each exe in "about", instead of
teh
> company name.
>
> I need to eithe rchange this text, or disable the right click menu in the
> exes.
>
> here is the rest of my thought:
>
> I've just realised, re my post, that if I could insert a piece of code to
> disable right click in the exe file, I would have my problems solved also.
> That way, when people open the exe file and are in it, if they try to get
a
> right click context menu they will right click and nothing happens. So
does
> anyoneknow where I could find a piece of code which I can append or insert
> into my exe to do this?  I am able to view the compiled exe in a Hex
Viewer,
> so perhaps I could paste it in , in the Hex Viewer? Once again,
> vag### [at] freedomusacom   - thanks people!
>


    Eh ? I'm confused...

    Okay, yes, maybe, you can edit the text in the About, it all depends on
how the about box is stored - as Halbert said, if it's a bitmap, then
there's nothing you can do[1], if, on the other hand it's not, the text
string will be in the .exe (or a dll) somewhere...
    Now, this right-click thing - jeez, yeah, it _could_ be done, but is it
really worth the hassle ? Also, just how does this relate to the about box
text issue ? I can't see the connection...

    BTW - hacking the about box text, though sometimes fun, may raise both
moral and potential legal questions...
--
Pandora/Scott Hill/[::O:M:C::]Scorpion
Software Engineer.
http://www.pandora-software.com

[1] actually, that's not entirely true, 'cos the bitmap will be stored in
the exe (or a dll) somewhere and if you can find it you can modify it...

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