This might be off the topic, but I'm desperate!
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?

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bozo wrote:

> This might be off the topic, but I'm desperate!


THIS is off-topic for povray.unix !


> 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).
> 


Check the licence, I'm pretty sure you are not allowed to do that!

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