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decompiling a .dat file
Name: mike Date: September 28, 2002 at 09:05:06 Pacific OS: 98 CPU/Ram: 144
Comment:
is their a way to decompile a dat file so you can veiw it in words that you can understand
Name: borelli33 Date: September 28, 2002 at 09:54:39 Pacific
Reply:
.DAT files aren't actually compiled (per se). They are simply a collection of data organized into a structure called a data set or record. In order to 'understand' what they contain you usually have to have foreknowledge of the structure of that record.
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