Planet-source-code is a site where programmers submit code for review by other
programmers covering all major programming languages. Its really a wonderful site for code reference.
programmers covering all major programming languages. Its really a wonderful site for code reference.
They have released a 11 set The Planet Source Code Jumbo Resource Cds Kit
11 different cd volumes, each containing thousands of lines of source code from the most
popular programs, tutorials and articles on award winning Planet-Source-Code.com, in the
7 most popular languages (Visual Basic, Java/Javascript, C/C++, Active Server Pages,
.NET, PHP, Delphi)!
Just download the respective isos from
But the problem is that the cd is a demo version and only 15 searches can be made, after
which the program doesnt run. I have found a mod to break it. This method works for all editions.
Install the application normally. When you start the application, you get the nag screen as follows
Step 1 : Database Replacement
This is an easy method, but repetitive. Open the CD-ROM Drive where you have installed the ISO. Browse to the data folder. You will find a file named PscEnc.mdb. This is the file which keeps count of your searches. This same file is copied to the your Hard disk while installing. So, if you replace the file in ur HD with this file in the CD, the counter becomes 0.
Lets assume you have installed the VB_Volume2 program and you want to reset its counter. Assume your CD rom drive is G: and you have installed the program in C:\ Program Files
Then browse to G:\Data
copy the PscEnc.mdb to
C:\Program Files\Exhedra\PSC\VB_Volume2\Data Folder and paste the file and replace it. Now the counter is reset. You can do it again and again after 15 searches.
Note: Copy and replace the file from the respective ISOs with respect to the program counter that you want to reset.
Step 2 : Database Edit
This is the best and one-time method. In this, you can increase or decrease the counter according to your wish.
Lets assume you have installed the VB_Volume2 program.
Browse to C:\Program Files\Exhedra\PSC\VB_Volume2\Data Folder. You will find the PscEnc.mdb file.
This is a MS-Access DB file. You need MS-Access for this method.
Open the PscEnc.mdb file. It will prompt for password. The password for this file is a6e09r239kdb0x
Now you will see the screen as follows:
Select the UseCount Table. Replace the value of the UseCountID 1 with -1000 or any minus value. This means that, you can use the program 1000 times. You can also change the value to any number -(yourvalue), then save the database. I used the value -1000. Now look at the screenshots below....
Sorry, Planet-Source-Code developers, you are not so intelligent.....
Install the application normally. When you start the application, you get the nag screen as follows
Step 1 : Database Replacement
This is an easy method, but repetitive. Open the CD-ROM Drive where you have installed the ISO. Browse to the data folder. You will find a file named PscEnc.mdb. This is the file which keeps count of your searches. This same file is copied to the your Hard disk while installing. So, if you replace the file in ur HD with this file in the CD, the counter becomes 0.
Lets assume you have installed the VB_Volume2 program and you want to reset its counter. Assume your CD rom drive is G: and you have installed the program in C:\ Program Files
Then browse to G:\Data
copy the PscEnc.mdb to
C:\Program Files\Exhedra\PSC\VB_Volume2\Data Folder and paste the file and replace it. Now the counter is reset. You can do it again and again after 15 searches.
Note: Copy and replace the file from the respective ISOs with respect to the program counter that you want to reset.
Step 2 : Database Edit
This is the best and one-time method. In this, you can increase or decrease the counter according to your wish.
Lets assume you have installed the VB_Volume2 program.
Browse to C:\Program Files\Exhedra\PSC\VB_Volume2\Data Folder. You will find the PscEnc.mdb file.
This is a MS-Access DB file. You need MS-Access for this method.
Open the PscEnc.mdb file. It will prompt for password. The password for this file is a6e09r239kdb0x
Now you will see the screen as follows:
Select the UseCount Table. Replace the value of the UseCountID 1 with -1000 or any minus value. This means that, you can use the program 1000 times. You can also change the value to any number -(yourvalue), then save the database. I used the value -1000. Now look at the screenshots below....
Sorry, Planet-Source-Code developers, you are not so intelligent.....
Good job man
Excellent. Truly a great job, thank you
Excelente. Verdaderamente un buen trabajo, gracias (David - Argentina)
i just want to add a little trick that will make counter stop.
change usecountid type from long integer to single, than put the number -1000000000
just it. the counter will stop!
would you like to upload the CD?
the download link is dead
Thankyou
The files in the zips folder with PSC extension can be converted to zip files by XOR'ing each byte in the file with FF
Thanks for great work, and sharing it.
I have not tried the original CDs yet, so don't know much about how they run.
Particularly - I suspect that to search VB from start (before 2002) to 2012, we have to do separate searches in CD1 then CD2 then CD3 etc.
Would it be possible to edit the ISO's, and compose a single ISO with all the data files in a single DVD ?
Hopefully the search interface won't notice the difference, and then we could do a single search over the 12(plus) years.
If I am correct (that up till now we had to do 7 separate searches), AND after the above manipulation we could do one single search, I reckon that would be of tremendous benefit.
Thanks
I know I am responding to a super old post, but thought I'd give it a shot.
Recently, PSC became no more. Apparently, the site was no longer paying for itself, and Ian decided not to run it any more.
So, rather than let the content die, I've taken it upon myself to move the content to my own site. So far, I've got the data moved from MSAccess to the MySQL server that holds all the data for my site. The hard part? The ZIP files.
Anyone got any idea how to "unencrypt" the zip files? I think they are XOR'd, but not sure.
i love you
Hey FortyPoundHead, they are XOR'd.