Strip out Strings of exe files
This is a small little bit code that will rip out all the string in a file. Start a new program and place this code in to the General Declarations select of the Form. Also you will need to add a command button to the form as well. Then press F5.
Module
Public Sub sDumpStrings(strFile As String, strTextFile As String, intMinSize As Integer)
If Len(Dir(strFile)) = 0 Then Exit Sub
Dim b() As Byte
Dim hFile As Integer
Dim bIsString As Boolean
Dim i As Long
Dim lngLen As Long
Dim strLine As String
Const strCompare = "[A-Z a-z 0-9,.!?@#$%]"
hFile = FreeFile
Open strFile For Binary As #hFile
lngLen = LOF(hFile)
ReDim b(1 To lngLen)
Get #hFile, , b
Close #hFile
hFile = FreeFile
Open strTextFile For Output As #hFile
For i = 1 To lngLen
If Chr(b(i)) Like strCompare Then
If Chr(b(i + 1)) Like strCompare Then
strLine = strLine & Chr(b(i))
ElseIf i > 1 Then
If Chr(b(i - 1)) Like strCompare Then
strLine = strLine & Chr(b(i))
If Len(strLine) > intMinSize Then
Print #hFile, strLine
Debug.Print strLine
End If
strLine = ""
End If
End If
End If
Next
Close #hFile
MsgBox "All done", vbInformation
End Sub
Usage
Private Sub Command1_Click()
sDumpStrings "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe", "C:\Notepad.txt", 15
' Change the filename if you like
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
Command1.Caption = "Strip out Strings"
End Sub
Special Instructions
This code originally appeared on AndreaVB.com, and has been republished here with the permission of Andrea Tincani.
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