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Interesting..I'll lurk around for any changes.

Yep looks like this is the case, didn't have the font installed. Problem fixed.

Looks good but button text doesn't show. I'm on Windows 7 Pro x64.

Thanks all for the replies, those were some helpful info. @guinness: i know what you mean now, i also looked at the referred threads, processing literal strings first is indeed the correct way, i have tried the method that grabs all the strings and replace them one by one but this method's performance was getting proportionally slow the more literal strings the script contains. So, i came up with a way to do all the string processing in 1 call, this also works on strings that contain both single and double quote for me so far: $sTargetDir = "SomeScript_stripped.au3" ;Only works on tidied and stripped scripts $sScriptContent = FileRead($sTargetDir) $sScriptContent = Execute('"' & StringRegExpReplace($sScriptContent, "( |, |\x28|\R|\x2C|\x5B)(?<quote>\x22|\x27)(.*?)(\k<quote>)(\R|\x2C|\x26|\x29| |\x3B|\x5D)", '$1" & _ObfConvertString($2$3$4) & "$5') & '"') ConsoleWrite(@CRLF & $sScriptContent & @CRLF) Func _ObfConvertString($sfString) $sBinaryString = StringToBinary($sfString, 4) $sfResult = 'BinaryToString' & '("' & $sBinaryString & '")' Return $sfResult EndFunc Main part of the above script: $sScriptContent = Execute('"' & StringRegExpReplace($sScriptContent, "( |, |\x28|\R|\x2C|\x5B)(?<quote>\x22|\x27)(.*?)(\k<quote>)(\R|\x2C|\x26|\x29| |\x3B|\x5D)", '$1" & _ObfConvertString($2$3$4) & "$5') & '"') @mikell: And i agree with you on the delicacies part, working with string regex is like building the Eiffel tower with toothpicks and duct tape. But regex is pure magic to me

Hey Thank you both for the replies. @mikell: That's a brilliant and interesting take on the problem, i have been looking at it the wrong way the whole time. But let's say now i have this string: I have an eraser and 2 pencils Jane has a ruler and a stapler What if i want to get the name of the items that i have ? The method you used for finding globally declared vars will apparently not work in this case. However i will give it a try and apply mikell's method, pardon if i'm being inept and cant come up with anyway more creative: #include <array.au3> $sString = 'I have 2 pencils and an eraser' & @CRLF & 'Jane has a ruler and a stapler' $aMyItems = StringRegExp($sString, "(?<=I have|and) (?:a|an|\d+) (\w+)", 3) _ArrayDisplay($aMyItems) Apprently the above script will return both jane's and my items, i'm looking for a way to match a given string/expression at the absolute beginning of a line (or somewhere before the capturing group) if it's possible. @guinness: Yes i actually process my target script with tidy.exe and au3stripper.exe before starting the obfuscation sequence.

Hello, I'm trying to make my own custom script obfuscator, mostly to learn more about regular expression, however i have run into a generic problem that i've been stuck with for a few days even though it looks fairly easy. I have this string: Global $a = 1, $b $c = $a + 1 I want to get all the variable names from lines starting with "Global", which is "$b" and "$a" in this case, in a single StringRegExp call. I have tried this: $sString = "Global $a, $b" & @CRLF & "$c = $a + 1" ;Given string $aVariables = StringRegExp($sString, "\b(?U)Global (?:.*)\$(\w+)", 3) And this: $sString = "Global $a, $b" & @CRLF & "$c = $a + 1" ;Given string $aVariables = StringRegExp($sString, "\b(?U)(?<=Global).*\$(\w+)", 3) But so far it only captures the first variable with (?U) quantifier and the last variable without (?U). Anyone knows what i'm doing wrong ? This will help me a lot of the future since i have come across problems similar like this many times before. Thanks in advance.