How to open a password protected .vi file?

[TaufeeyTonello]

Hi Everyone,

I found some code related to my work from the internet but those are password protected. There is any method to open those file without knowing the password. Thanks in advance

Regards,

Taufeey

[James.M]

If you don't have the password, then you have a management problem. Either you can contact the developer who was laid off and get it from him, or start guessing. If I were you, I'd get started rewriting the code the best you can. 

Even if there were some tool that could attempt to crack it, there might be some legality issues with even attempting to crack it, maybe even against the NI license agreement.

[wiebe@CARYA]

Passwords should be compared with a lock on a door.

Locks can be broken, and sometimes quite easily. They are there to tell you you're not supposed to break them... 

[billko]

A password-protected file means "don't eff with it".  If this is not your intellectual property (IP), this could even be criminal.  (Did you know that, in the US, at least, IP is automatically protected by copyright law as soon as it is "created"?  Even if it isn't explicitly stated?  If a photo was taken it's the moment it comes out of the camera.  If it's software, it's the moment the code is saved to a file.  If it's music, it's the moment it was recorded.  If it's a song, it's when the notes are written (to paper or file.)  Of course, if there aren't any markings, it makes it difficult to prove.)

Besides the criminal aspect, it's just not ethical.  If you really, really want to do this, find the person or company that created the software and obtain permission to modify their software.  (And if they say, "no", it means "no".  Period.)  They may be able to provide you with a customized version, though - usually for a fee.