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<me...@takas.lt> wrote:
>Hello friends,

>Will you tell me how to put exe(dll) file in exe. I need to do something
>like self extract file i.e. add some external data to my project. For
>example
>when I run my 'single.exe' file I need that it would extract dll file from
>itself
>and run it. This dll (myfile.dll (dcu)) is just 18kb.

>Please help me.

>I tried TRessourceStore component by Alexandre GUILLIEN, but it doesn't work
>on D5 :(

>Thank you in advance,

>Mezer
>E-mail: me...@takas.lt

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>This dll (myfile.dll (dcu)) is just 18kb.

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>In this case you should add the unit to your project, with *no* overhead to
>unpack, and possibly further size reduction due to the omission of unused code
>and data.

>DoDi

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> Use resources.
> Open notepad, make a file in you project dir named bla.rc which contains:

> BLA RCDATA "Blabla.exe"

> Now open a command-prompt, type:

> cd\C:\Progra~1\Borland\Delphi5\Bin\
> BRCC32.EXE -foBla.res Bla.rc

> You now have a Bla.res file...

> In your project, put after {$R *.DFM} this:

> {$R BLA.RES}

> Now, somewhere:

> var x: TResourceStream;
> begin
> x := TResourceStream.Create(HINSTANCE, 'BLA',RT_RCDATA);
> x.SaveToFile('Blabla.exe');
> x.Free;
> end;

> Now you can use your embedded file, using LoadLibrary for DLL's. Make sure
> you delete it after you're done, and save to a windows temp directory. You
> can use an API to get that location.
> You might also want to use an exepacker like UPX.

> --
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J French <je...@iss.u-net.com> wrote in message

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> I assume that what you want to do is to distribute just one file.

> It appears that you have a 'favourite' DLL that you want to distribute
> with the EXE.

> You could look at making a self extracting system - I would check out
> the PKZIP and WINZIP sites for that - but I suspect that you are not
> really after setup systems.

> The easiest thing is NOT to have a DLL - just include the code in your
> project.

> I assume that you have considered this - and that you do not have the
> source for the DLL - yet you talk about the DCU - and if you have the
> DCU you should be able to include it in your project.

> However if you really must do this :

> -  Append the DLL to the end of your EXE
>  - Write code for extracting it - ie: the last 16 bytes of the
>    jiggered EXE contains the offset of the DLL and its length
>    + of course a signature.
> - Dynamically load the DLL
>   see: Loadlibrary, GetProcessAdress, FreeLibrary

> A sledgehammer to crack a hazelnut - but it'll work.

> On Sun, 28 May 2000 14:23:10 +0200, "Mindaugas Ezerskis"
> <me...@takas.lt> wrote:

> >Hello friends,

> >Will you tell me how to put exe(dll) file in exe. I need to do something
> >like self extract file i.e. add some external data to my project. For
> >example
> >when I run my 'single.exe' file I need that it would extract dll file
from
> >itself
> >and run it. This dll (myfile.dll (dcu)) is just 18kb.

> >Please help me.

> >I tried TRessourceStore component by Alexandre GUILLIEN, but it doesn't
work
> >on D5 :(

> >Thank you in advance,

> >Mezer
> >E-mail: me...@takas.lt

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>True - but I reckon that he does not have the full source.