Further Analysis I saw "If t <= ExtFormats + 1 Then" which means that it attempts to load it. This attempts to load it past the end of the format list, but the ExtFormats variable is never updated. The plugin definition is there (I think, i can't remember if VB auto redims an array when yo...

Ok i think i found the problem, in Module1.bas. 1) There has to be at least one entry in the MRF file for that file extension (will not create new file extensions, ie Making a XXG directory without adding a an entry into the MRF will be ignored.) 2) Problems if the file extension is less than 3 char...

Yeah, I'd really like to see the code you use to check for a plugin.

Dammit! it logged me out.... but that was my reply up there.

You should see diablo files. They are password encrypted and the password changes per archive. (Good thing diablo only has one :)). Formating the password a certain way creates a nice MD5 hash that rotates continuously through the file. AND THEN you can start extracting, only, like this file, it doe...

Sorry scratch that, you don't HAVE to have a disassembler. There are 2 methods of hijacking DLLs. Through the processes import table, and through the loaded dll in the processes.

Depends, what language are you talking about. And to do code injection you have to have a disassembler also. Do you know how code injection works?

00001f0: 5249 4646 a000 0000 5741 5653 RIFF....WAVS 0000200: 6775 6964 1000 0000 479c 6206 822a 9248 guid....G.b..*.H 0000210: 996e b26a 869b 6262 6e61 6d65 1800 0000 .n.j..bbname.... 0000220: 436f 7272 6964 6f72 5f41 746d 6f73 3032 Corridor_Atmos02 0000230: 2e77 6176 0000 0000 666d 7420 1400 0000 ...

Actualy, The PCS file looks like a "semi" archive. I took a quick look and i saw a bunch of RIFF headers, include WAVE, so there IS a wave file contained in this file. RIFF AMPC?.. I'm not sure what that is, could be a propriety codec. I see DTX? which is used in Direct X as Texture file f...

Well, a command-line tool might be possible, you do know that the actual processing of the scripts (listing contents) is done by multiex.dll. MultiEx Commander just uses multiex.dll to list archive content. It is fed MexScripts. MultiEx.dll coudl be called by such a command-line tool, but that woul...

Sadly, not all res files are created equal....


or in a grander scale

Not all File Extensions are created equal.

There are ways to overcome the problem of not owning VB though. But yeah, you could always send the implementations directly. Especially if we'd create a separate plugin-handling class + module. Changes in there would never interfere with the rest of the code, as its...well..separate. Right, in fac...

Ahhh this is better. I feel less..... naked.