embedding a text file into a dll

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wheels619

Hi,
I would like to store the contents of a file into a string variable and
stored in a C++ DLL.
In the end, the finished product will just be the DLL and the user will
not see the file itself. Another program can then access this variable
by an extern.

Any ideas how to do this?

Thanks
 
Hello,

Use it as a resource file, but it has a max length of 64k (I Dont know
the file size)
Or put the file at the end of the DLL and read it by hand! (fopen fseek
fwrite fread)

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Use it as a resource file, but it has a max length of 64k (I Dont know
the file size)
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This sounds like a good solution; how can you get access to the
resource from the C++ code?
 
This sounds like a good solution; how can you get access to the
resource from the C++ code?
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Use FindResource to get a handle for it, then LoadResource to load it to
the memory, and finally LockResource to get a void* pointer to it.

Tom
 
Tamas said:
Use FindResource to get a handle for it, then LoadResource to load it to
the memory, and finally LockResource to get a void* pointer to it.
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And SizeofResource to get the size of the resource, in bytes.

Tom
 
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