still working on it, just cleaned the code some more...

src/DarkStyle/framelesswindow/framelesswindow.ui

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>1410</width>
+    <width>1484</width>
-    <height>1048</height>
+    <height>983</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
   color:rgb(153,153,153);</string>
            </property>
            <property name="text">
-            <string>VMProtect 2 - Virtual Instruction Inspector (v1.5)</string>
+            <string>VMProtect 2 - Virtual Instruction Inspector (v1.6 BETA)</string>
            </property>
            <property name="alignment">
             <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>

src/qvminspector.cpp

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 qvminspector_t::qvminspector_t( qwidget_t *parent ) : qmain_window_t( parent ), file_header( nullptr ), vmctx( nullptr )
 {
     ui.setupUi( this );
-    ui.virt_instrs->setColumnWidth( 0, 100 );
+    ui.virt_instrs->setColumnWidth( 0, 115 );
-    ui.virt_instrs->setColumnWidth( 1, 125 );
+    ui.virt_instrs->setColumnWidth( 1, 140 );
-    ui.virt_instrs->setColumnWidth( 2, 250 );
+    ui.virt_instrs->setColumnWidth( 2, 200 );
     ui.virt_instrs->setColumnWidth( 3, 200 );
 
     connect( ui.action_open, &QAction::triggered, this, &qvminspector_t::on_open );
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void qvminspector_t::on_open()
 
     qfile_t open_file( file_path );
     file_header = reinterpret_cast< vmp2::v3::file_header * >( malloc( file_size ) );
-    dbg_msg( QString( "loading vmp2 file %1..." ).arg( file_path ) );
+    dbg_msg( qstring_t( "loading vmp2 file %1..." ).arg( file_path ) );
 
     if ( !open_file.open( QIODevice::ReadOnly ) )
     {
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ void qvminspector_t::dbg_print( qstring_t dbg_output )
 
 void qvminspector_t::dbg_msg( qstring_t dbg_output )
 {
-    QMessageBox MsgBox;
+    qmsg_box_t msg_box;
-    MsgBox.setText( dbg_output );
+    msg_box.setText( dbg_output );
-    MsgBox.exec();
+    msg_box.exec();
     dbg_print( dbg_output );
 }
 
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ bool qvminspector_t::init_data()
 {
     if ( file_header->magic != VMP_MAGIC )
     {
-        dbg_msg( "invalid magic bytes for vmp2 file...\n" );
+        dbg_msg( "invalid magic bytes for vmp2 file..." );
 
         return false;
     }
 
-    dbg_print( "valid magic bytes for vmp2 file...\n" );
+    dbg_print( "valid magic bytes for vmp2 file..." );
 
     if ( file_header->version != vmp2::version_t::v3 )
     {
@@ -111,36 +111,91 @@ bool qvminspector_t::init_data()
 
     module_base = reinterpret_cast< std::uintptr_t >( file_header ) + file_header->module_offset;
     vmctx = new vm::ctx_t( module_base, image_base, image_base, vm_entry_rva );
+
+    if ( !vmctx->init() )
+    {
+        dbg_msg( "failed to init vm::ctx_t... this can happen for many reasons..."
+                 "ensure that the vmp2 file is not corrupted...\n" );
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     first_block = reinterpret_cast< vmp2::v3::code_block_t * >( reinterpret_cast< std::uintptr_t >( file_header ) +
                                                                 file_header->code_block_offset );
-
-    dbg_print( "> vm entry displayed below...\n" );
-    vm::util::print( vmctx->vm_entry );
     return true;
 }
 
 void qvminspector_t::update_ui()
 {
-
-    const auto end_code_blocks = reinterpret_cast< std::uintptr_t >( first_block ) +
-                                 ( file_header->code_block_count * sizeof vmp2::v3::code_block_t ) +
-                                 file_header->module_size + sizeof vmp2::v3::file_header;
-
     // for each code block insert their virtual instructions
     // into the virtual instruction tree... also put meta data about the code
     // block above the virtual instructions... if the code block has a JCC (with two branches)
     // then make a child repeating this for loop...
 
-    for ( auto [ code_block, idx ] = std::tuple{ first_block, 0u }; idx < file_header->code_block_count;
+    for ( auto [ code_block, code_block_num ] = std::tuple{ first_block, 0u };
+          code_block_num < file_header->code_block_count;
           code_block = reinterpret_cast< vmp2::v3::code_block_t * >( reinterpret_cast< std::uintptr_t >( code_block ) +
-                                                                     code_block->next_block_offset ), ++idx)
+                                                                     code_block->next_block_offset ),
+                                            ++code_block_num )
+    {
+        dbg_print( qstring_t( "> code block %1 (block_%2), number of vinstrs = %3..." )
+                       .arg( code_block_num )
+                       .arg( ( code_block->vip_begin - file_header->module_base ) + file_header->image_base, 0, 16 )
+                       .arg( code_block->vinstr_count ) );
+
+        // for each virtual instruction inside of this code block...
+        for ( auto idx = 0u; idx < code_block->vinstr_count; ++idx )
         {
-        auto blank_entry1 = new qtree_widget_item_t(), blank_entry2 = new qtree_widget_item_t(),
+            const auto virt_instr = &code_block->vinstr[ idx ];
-             meta_data_entry = new qtree_widget_item_t();
+            const auto profile = vm::handler::get_profile( virt_instr->mnemonic_t );
+            auto virt_instr_entry = new qtree_widget_item_t;
 
-        dbg_msg( QString( "> number of vinstrs = %1...\n" ).arg( code_block->vinstr_count ) );
+            // virtual instruction image base'ed rva... (column 1)...
+            virt_instr_entry->setText( 0, qstring_t::number( ( virt_instr->trace_data.vip - file_header->module_base ) +
+                                                                 file_header->image_base,
+                                                             16 ) );
 
-        // ui.virt_instrs->addTopLevelItem( blank_entry1 );
+            // virtual instruction operand bytes... (column 2)...
-        // meta_data_entry->setText()
+            qstring_t operand_bytes;
+            operand_bytes.append( QString( "%1" ).arg( virt_instr->opcode, 0, 16 ) );
+
+            // if virt instruction has an imm... grab its bytes...
+            if ( virt_instr->operand.has_imm )
+            {
+                operand_bytes.append( " - " );
+                for ( auto _idx = 0u; _idx < virt_instr->operand.imm.imm_size / 8; ++_idx )
+                    operand_bytes.append( QString( "%1 " ).arg(
+                        reinterpret_cast< std::uint8_t * >( &virt_instr->operand.imm.u )[ _idx ], 0, 16 ) );
+            }
+
+            virt_instr_entry->setText( 1, operand_bytes );
+
+            // virtual instruction string, includes imm... (colume 3)...
+            QString decoded_instr( QString( "%1" ).arg(
+                profile ? profile->name : QString( "UNK(%1)" ).arg( virt_instr->opcode, 0, 16 ) ) );
+
+            if ( virt_instr->operand.has_imm ) // if there is a second operand (imm) put its value...
+                decoded_instr.append( QString( " %1" ).arg( virt_instr->operand.imm.u, 0, 16 ) );
+
+            virt_instr_entry->setText( 2, decoded_instr );
+
+            // add comments to the virtual instruction... (colume 4)...
+            if ( virt_instr->mnemonic_t == vm::handler::LREGQ || virt_instr->mnemonic_t == vm::handler::SREGQ )
+                virt_instr_entry->setText( 3, QString( "; vreg%1..." )
+                                                  .arg( virt_instr->operand.imm.u ? ( virt_instr->operand.imm.u / 8 ) -
+                                                                                        1 /* zero based vreg... */
+                                                                                  : 0u ) );
+
+            if ( virt_instr->mnemonic_t == vm::handler::JMP && code_block->jcc.has_jcc )
+                virt_instr_entry->setText(
+                    3,
+                    QString( "; { %1, %2 }" )
+                        .arg( ( code_block->jcc.block_addr[ 0 ] - file_header->module_base ) + file_header->image_base,
+                              0, 16 )
+                        .arg( ( code_block->jcc.block_addr[ 1 ] - file_header->module_base ) + file_header->image_base,
+                              0, 16 ) );
+
+            ui.virt_instrs->addTopLevelItem( virt_instr_entry );
+        }
     }
 }

src/qvminspector.h

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ using qwidget_t = QWidget;
 using qstring_t = QString;
 using qfile_t = QFile;
 using qtree_widget_item_t = QTreeWidgetItem;
+using qmsg_box_t = QMessageBox;
 
 class qvminspector_t : public qmain_window_t
 {

src/qvminspector.ui

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
               <item>
                <widget class="QTreeWidget" name="virt_instrs">
                 <attribute name="headerDefaultSectionSize">
-                 <number>120</number>
+                 <number>160</number>
                 </attribute>
                 <column>
                  <property name="text">