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Re: "Source Protected" system on TS 6



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On Thu, 07 Nov 2002, Bill Masciarelli wrote:

> 
> Hello to all after a multi-year break from TS.
> 
> I stopped after version 4, went on to other software; now have been seduced
> back to version 6.  I'd hoped things would be different this time - but here
> comes heartburn, right out of the box.
> 
> I hired a fellow to write code for a system.
> 
> He delivered, it ran, I sent him a check.
> 
> A bit later I decided to look at the code.  Pop up window says, "The
> following files can not be opened because they are source protected."
> 
> Called the programmer.  His answer, "You paid me to code the system.  If you
> want to see the code, it will cost you the same three hundred dollars
> again."
> 
> There it is, Omega heartache # 10,000...
> 
> I know there were unlock codes available in the old days.
> 
> If anyone has any suggestions about getting around this in TS6, I'd
> appreciate very much hearing from you.  (If you don't want to post to the
> group I'm at mailto:billmasi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx )

The only way I know of so far to look at the protected code is to
write a decompiler for the compiled code.

Mike