How do you extract classes' source code from a dll file?

c# asp.net dll reverse-engineering source-code-protection
ILoveMusic picture ILoveMusic · Jan 16, 2011 · Viewed 109.4k times · Source

Is there any software to do this? I didn't find any useful information on the internet so I am asking here.

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adrianbanks picture adrianbanks · Jan 16, 2011

You cannot get the exact code, but you can get a decompiled version of it.

The most popular (and best) tool is Reflector, but there are also other .Net decompilers (such as Dis#). You can also decompile the IL using ILDASM, which comes bundled with the .Net Framework SDK Tools.

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