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...include a Exe-File in your Application and execute it?
Autor: Thomas Stutz
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1.
Start notepad and create a .rc-file that looks like this:
Starte Notepad und erstelle ein .rc-file, das etwa so aussieht:

TESTFILE EXEFILE C:\Windows\Notepad.exe

(Make sure that the Path to your Exe-File is correct!)
(Stelle sicher, dass der Pfad zur Exe-Datei korrekt ist!)

2.
Save it as myres.rc
Speichere es als myres.rc

3.
Compile the file with brcc32.exe
(in your Delphi-bin directory) to get myres.res
Kompiliere die Datei mit brcc32.exe
(Im Delphi-bin Verzeichnis) um die Datei myres.res zu erhalten.

4.
Copy myres.res to your Project directory.
Kopiere myres.res in das entsprechende Projekt-Verzeichnis.

5.
In your unit write the following:
In der unit, schreibe etwa das folgende:


var
  
Form1: TForm1;
  NOTEPAD_FILE: string;

implementation

{$R *.DFM}
{$R MYRES.RES}

function GetTempDir: string;
var
  
Buffer: array[0..MAX_PATH] of Char;
begin
  
GetTempPath(SizeOf(Buffer) - 1, Buffer);
  Result := StrPas(Buffer);
end;

// Extract the Resource
function ExtractRes(ResType, ResName, ResNewName: string): Boolean;
var
  
Res: TResourceStream;
begin
  
Result := False;
  Res := TResourceStream.Create(Hinstance, Resname, PChar(ResType));
  try
    
Res.SavetoFile(ResNewName);
    Result := True;
  finally
    
Res.Free;
  end;
end;

// Execute the file
procedure ShellExecute_AndWait(FileName: string);
var
  
exInfo: TShellExecuteInfo;
  Ph: DWORD;
begin
  
FillChar(exInfo, SizeOf(exInfo), 0);
  with exInfo do
  begin
    
cbSize := SizeOf(exInfo);
    fMask := SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS or SEE_MASK_FLAG_DDEWAIT;
    Wnd := GetActiveWindow();
    ExInfo.lpVerb := 'open';
    lpFile := PChar(FileName);
    nShow := SW_SHOWNORMAL;
  end;
  if ShellExecuteEx(@exInfo) then
  begin
    
Ph := exInfo.HProcess;
  end
  else
  begin
    
ShowMessage(SysErrorMessage(GetLastError));
    Exit;
  end;
  while WaitForSingleObject(ExInfo.hProcess, 50) <> WAIT_OBJECT_0 do
    
Application.ProcessMessages;
  CloseHandle(Ph);
end;

// To Test it
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  if 
ExtractRes('EXEFILE', 'TESTFILE', NOTEPAD_FILE) then
    if 
FileExists(NOTEPAD_FILE) then
    begin
      
ShellExecute_AndWait(NOTEPAD_FILE);
      ShowMessage('Notepad finished!');
      DeleteFile(NOTEPAD_FILE);
    end;
end;

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
  
NOTEPAD_FILE := GetTempDir + 'Notepad_FROM_RES.EXE';
end;

 

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