Can recover my source code with .samap and obfuscated assemblies?

Bill

I lost my source codes by hdd failures without backup.
But I have all the .samap files and obfuscated assemblies.

Can I recover my source codes with these files?

Russell D

Hi Bill,

Sorry, I'm afraid this isn't possible. The map files map source lines but not the actual code itself.

You might be able to recover some of the code using a de-obfuscator such as Reflector, but there's no guarantee it will recover everything.

Bill

Does the Reflector have "de-obfuscating" feature?? My assembly was obfuscated using SmartAssembly.

Russell D

Yes, just open your obfuscated assemblies in Reflector and it will attempt to decompile them.

I can't promise that it will recover everything I'm afraid, but the trial is fully featured for 14 days so it can't hurt to download and try it: http://www.red-gate.com/products/dotnet-development/reflector/. If you can recover your code, great, if not then at least you haven't expended anything.