Flow charts generated from code..

[K_F]

Interesting for those who like to document their 'algorithms' - bloody expensive though ??

http://www.aivosto.com/visustin.html

[Gunther]

Van,

the educational license is a bit cheaper. But ...

Gunther

[farrier]

I have had some good results from IDA Pro's flowcharting function. even included in the free version I have.

hth

[Gunther]

Hi farrier,

I have had some good results from IDA Pro's flowcharting function. even included in the free version I have.

is there a free version of IDA Pro?

Gunther

[guga]

Yup. A demo version. But it is extremelly limited.
But, van, the ida version flow flowchart, as far i can remember is free (or is based on a free software)

[Gunther]

Gustavo,

Yup. A demo version. But it is extremelly limited.

What doesn't work, for example?

Gunther

[guga]

    it only supports the 80x86 & ARM family : IDA supports a large number of other processors.
    it will only load file of PE/ELF/Macho-O formats. The full version of IDA will accept virtually any file, from Atmel ROMs to iPhone executables. See our disassembly gallery for information about the additional processors, operating systems and file formats we support.
    the only compiler signatures included are the ones that can be used to produce Windows 32 PE files; the only type information included is for Visual C++ 6 and Borland C++ Builder.
    The MS Windows version contains a demo version of the ARM/Windows CE debugger.
    Please see our ARM/Windows CE debugging tutorial
    The MS Windows version contains a demo version of the Bochs debugger. Please note that the full version support Bochs debugger on all platforms.
    Check the debugger tutorial
    you will not be able to save your work, it will time out after some use, it will not disassemble itself.

Since ida 6.1, it is turning very handy, since they fixed some minor bugs in the disassembler. But....in some cases, RosAsm disassembler gives a way better result considering i didn´t implemented the DIS system yet (A similar Flair technique).

In any case, Ida is really really a usefull tool

[Zen]

Yeah,...I use IDA Pro Freeware to disassemble my own bloated, dysfunctional programs. The flow-chart view drives me nuts, though,...I'd much rather be looking at the text view. The disassembly is so much like the actual MASM source code, that you'll feel right at home.

[guga]

Personally, i use 3 apps to disassemble and debug my apps.
RosAsm (Disassemble and reassemble)
Idapro 6.1
OllyDbg

One thing i never suceeded to make work in RosAsm though, is Ida interface style. I mean, the hability to edit a label on a specific position of the windows and automatically replace all others labels with that name. I know Ida was made with delphi, but i wonder if there there is a way to do it in Masm/RosAsm. It would also be a very handy usage for Radasm as well.

[Gunther]

Gustavo,

your description of IDA sounds impressive. Thank you. I'll visit the web site.

Gunther