I was given a program and edited the forms and when i try to compile it i get the above error and it highlights the txt below, can someone please tell me the problem if possible?


Private Sub cmdRun__404760()

404760: push ebp <<<< it highlights push
404761: mov ebp, esp
00404763: sub esp, 0000000Ch
00404766: push 00401196h
40476 B: mov eax, fs: [00h]
404771: push eax
404772: mov fs: [00000000h] , esp
00404779: sub esp, 0000001Ch
40477 C: push ebx
0040477D: push esi
0040477E: push edi
40477 F: mov [ebp-0Ch], esp
00404782: mov [ebp-08h], 00401100h
404789: mov esi, [ebp+08h]
40478 C: mov eax, esi
0040478E: and eax, 00000001h
404791: mov [ebp-04h], eax
00404794: and esi, FFFFFFFEh
404797: push esi
404798: mov [ebp+08h], esi
40479 B: mov ecx, [esi]
0040479D: call [ecx+04h]
4047 A0: mov edx, [esi]
004047A2: xor eax, eax
4047 A4: push esi
4047 A5: mov [ebp-18h], eax
4047 A8: mov [ebp-1Ch], eax
4047 AB: Call [edx+00000304h]
4047 B1: mov ebx, [00401044h]
4047 B7: push eax
4047 B8: lea eax, [ebp-1Ch]
4047 BB: push eax
4047 BC: Call ebx
4047 BE: mov edi, eax
4047 C0: lea edx, [ebp-18h]
4047 C3: push edx
4047 C4: push edi
4047 C5: mov ecx, [edi]
4047 C7: Call [ecx+50h]
4047 CA: test eax, eax
4047 CC: fclex

“Private Sub cmdRun__404760()” is a legitimate piece of VB syntax; the compiler will be able to understand that string as the beginning of a sub. But the rest of what you posted is what would be visible in the development environment for writing assembly language. That is not legitimate VB syntax, and the compiler will have no way to interpret it.

VB is willing to see a number followed by a colon as the beginning of a line, and designating the line number (this is a holdover from long ago; VB doesn't use line numbers anymore).

So then it comes to “push,” which has no meaning in VB unless you actually have created a routine called push. In assembly language, that would mean to place the value referred to in the argument (ebp in this case) onto the stack.

I don't know how this code you received came to be, but it is not compilable.

thanks for your information.

i received the code by decompiling a program i was given which apparantly cant be recompiled.