a hex editor and was shocked to see the standard "MZ" file header,
plus the "This program cannot be run in DOS mode" message.
What's that all about? Apple using Windows executables internally?
iPhone apps use Windows exes?
iPhone apps use Windows exes?
I just put a file called "System.dll" from an iPhone ".ipa" package into
a hex editor and was shocked to see the standard "MZ" file header,
plus the "This program cannot be run in DOS mode" message.
What's that all about? Apple using Windows executables internally?
a hex editor and was shocked to see the standard "MZ" file header,
plus the "This program cannot be run in DOS mode" message.
What's that all about? Apple using Windows executables internally?
I compile using 5.31 (x86) on Win 7 Ultimate (64-bit).
"PureBasic won't be object oriented, period" - Fred.
"PureBasic won't be object oriented, period" - Fred.
Re: iPhone apps use Windows exes?
No they are not using it.
What you posted is in fact a portable executable. This is the Windows NT executable format. However it's not used on the iPhone. I dont know from which package you extracted it but it could be some garbage that was been included. Maybe from a development tool that was been used by the package creator on windows.
Another explanation would be if the app is just a wrapper for a x86 emulator that runs a windows executable. But thats unlikey. This is done for a lot of retro games but i dont know a windows app it's used for.
What you posted is in fact a portable executable. This is the Windows NT executable format. However it's not used on the iPhone. I dont know from which package you extracted it but it could be some garbage that was been included. Maybe from a development tool that was been used by the package creator on windows.
Another explanation would be if the app is just a wrapper for a x86 emulator that runs a windows executable. But thats unlikey. This is done for a lot of retro games but i dont know a windows app it's used for.
Re: iPhone apps use Windows exes?
> I dont know from which package you extracted it
It's an iPhone tennis game (see the path in the screenshot).
Anyway, I just thought it's weird to see a Windows NT exe
format file inside an Apple product. As far as I can tell, you
can't write iPhone apps on a Windows PC at all (ie. Apple's
dev license doesn't allow or even support it), so it's strange.
It's an iPhone tennis game (see the path in the screenshot).
Anyway, I just thought it's weird to see a Windows NT exe
format file inside an Apple product. As far as I can tell, you
can't write iPhone apps on a Windows PC at all (ie. Apple's
dev license doesn't allow or even support it), so it's strange.
I compile using 5.31 (x86) on Win 7 Ultimate (64-bit).
"PureBasic won't be object oriented, period" - Fred.
"PureBasic won't be object oriented, period" - Fred.
Re: iPhone apps use Windows exes?
It is weird. You can develop on Windows but you need to compile on MacOS because the SDK is MacOS only.PB wrote: Anyway, I just thought it's weird to see a Windows NT exe
format file inside an Apple product. As far as I can tell, you
can't write iPhone apps on a Windows PC at all (ie. Apple's
dev license doesn't allow or even support it), so it's strange.
There are other examples of random files ending up in program archives. In some games you find Thumbs.db files or Desktop.ini or other random files from the development computers. It happens.
Re: iPhone apps use Windows exes?
Not sure it's random though, because there were lots (about 12) such DLLs in the app.
I compile using 5.31 (x86) on Win 7 Ultimate (64-bit).
"PureBasic won't be object oriented, period" - Fred.
"PureBasic won't be object oriented, period" - Fred.
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Re: iPhone apps use Windows exes?
....Does that mean that Apple's app checking is not as good as they would have us believe?
Or could it be that the app is delivered with the files necessary to run on both OS?
Or could it be that the app is delivered with the files necessary to run on both OS?
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Re: iPhone apps use Windows exes?
You can pretty much include what files you want in your package. There are no restrictions on that.IdeasVacuum wrote:....Does that mean that Apple's app checking is not as good as they would have us believe?
Re: iPhone apps use Windows exes?
To shed some light...
Hit Tennis 3 was made in Unity, therefore it is a managed .net dll. So it´s just a C# script compiled to a dll which you can use on any supported Unity platform (Win, Mac, Linux, IOS, Android, XBox360, Playstation3, Wii, ...)
Wanna take a closer look? Download dotPeek (http://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/), drop the dll and see the decompiled code (if not obfuscated)
cheers, chi
Hit Tennis 3 was made in Unity, therefore it is a managed .net dll. So it´s just a C# script compiled to a dll which you can use on any supported Unity platform (Win, Mac, Linux, IOS, Android, XBox360, Playstation3, Wii, ...)
Wanna take a closer look? Download dotPeek (http://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/), drop the dll and see the decompiled code (if not obfuscated)
cheers, chi
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