asp.net (VB) compiled application usable?

[kbjin]

Hi

I am very new to asp.net and VB.net, hope to get some helps from experts.

I have got a site developed by webprogrammer in asp.net format written and compiled with VB. The site and dbase are both up and running. However I don't have the source code for the site (the VB scripts etc.)

Is it possible to revert the compiled webappplicaiton on the server to uncompiled VB scripts and modify or add new pages using existings? Or Any alternative to further development?

Thanks in advance.

Sam

[Ocean10000]

Yes it is possible. There are tools to decomiple the dll of dot.net applications. The resulting decompiled code usually much harder to understand and maintain going forward.

But I would highly recommend talking to the original developer of the website and purchasing the rights to the source code to the website.

[bmcgee]

If the code has not been obfuscated, then a tool such as Reflector will completely unravel the code for you back to the original state.