• "Digital Mars" <ld galador.net> May 14 2011
• Jimmy Cao <jcao219 gmail.com> May 14 2011
• Timon Gehr <timon.gehr gmx.ch> May 15 2011
• "Digital Mars" <ld-REMOVE galador.net> May 15 2011
• "Digital Mars" <ld-REMOVE galador.net> May 15 2011

"Digital Mars" <ld galador.net> writes:

Let's say I want to use to write a simple installer.
Can I embed a Zip file inside my executable?
If so, how?

Thanks! :)

Jimmy Cao <jcao219 gmail.com> writes:

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Write a .rc file, and compile it with rcc (from Digital Mars).
That gives you a .res file.

So, for example, let's say you want to embed yolk.zip into an exe.

First, write yolk.rc with one line:
300 RCDATA "yolk.zip"

Then run this:
rcc yolk.rc

Then do this:
dmd egg.d yolk.res

Then the egg.exe should have yolk.zip embedded.

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<div>Write a .rc file, and compile it with rcc (from Digital
Mars).</div><div>That gives you a .res file.</div><div><br></div><div>So, for
example, let&#39;s say you want to embed yolk.zip into an
exe.</div><div><br></div>

<div>First, write yolk.rc with one line:</div><div>300 RCDATA
&quot;yolk.zip&quot;</div><div><br></div><div>Then run this:</div><div>rcc
yolk.rc</div><div><br></div><div>Then do this:</div><div>dmd egg.d
yolk.res</div><div>

<br></div><div>Then the egg.exe should have yolk.zip embedded.</div>

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Timon Gehr <timon.gehr gmx.ch> writes:

 Let's say I want to use to write a simple installer.
 Can I embed a Zip file inside my executable?
 If so, how?

 Thanks! :)


An alternative to using resources is the following:

auto zip_file = cast(immutable ubyte[])import("zip_file.zip");

You need to specify the -Jpath switch in order for DMD to eat it. Also see
http://www.dsource.org/projects/tutorials/wiki/ImportFile .

Timon

(Also consider digitalmars.D.learn for future questions.)

"Digital Mars" <ld-REMOVE galador.net> writes:

Awesome!! Impressed by D!
While I'm a .NET enthusiast, the crappy Install project from VS are 
motivating me to give D a Go! (Pun inside! :)

I will also add D.learn to the newsgroup I'm watching then! :)


"Timon Gehr"  wrote in message news:iqocf4$1ihv$1 digitalmars.com...

 Let's say I want to use to write a simple installer.
 Can I embed a Zip file inside my executable?
 If so, how?

 Thanks! :)


An alternative to using resources is the following:

auto zip_file = cast(immutable ubyte[])import("zip_file.zip");

You need to specify the -Jpath switch in order for DMD to eat it. Also see
http://www.dsource.org/projects/tutorials/wiki/ImportFile .

Timon

(Also consider digitalmars.D.learn for future questions.) 

"Digital Mars" <ld-REMOVE galador.net> writes:

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Thanks, good to know!

"Jimmy Cao" <jcao219 gmail.com> wrote in message =
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Write a .rc file, and compile it with rcc (from Digital Mars).
That gives you a .res file.

So, for example, let's say you want to embed yolk.zip into an exe.

First, write yolk.rc with one line:
300 RCDATA "yolk.zip"

Then run this:
rcc yolk.rc

Then do this:
dmd egg.d yolk.res

Then the egg.exe should have yolk.zip embedded.