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For DLLs, you can call LoadLibrary, FindResource and LoadResource. For EXEs, you can call GetFileResource, GetFileResourceSize. Check with the SDK documentation for more information.<br />
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For DLLs, you can call LoadLibrary, FindResource and LoadResource. For EXEs, you can call GetFileResource, GetFileResourceSize. Check with the SDK documentation for more information.



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Sorry good try, &nbsp;but I know of these and the ones you mentioned are not available in the Win32Api, &nbsp;I have revised the wording to &nbsp;make the question more understandable.<br />

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Sorry good try,  but I know of these and the ones you mentioned are not available in the Win32Api,  I have revised the wording to  make the question more understandable.


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There is no standard way to do so. You need to know the resource format. I wonder how you write the resource into a file if you do not know how to load it.<br />
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There is no standard way to do so. You need to know the resource format. I wonder how you write the resource into a file if you do not know how to load it.



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Good thought, &nbsp;will have to give that a go, &nbsp;but judt for the record the client will use these resources from a file locally, &nbsp;but also the server could update these files on the fly when a new version is produced.<br />

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Good thought,  will have to give that a go,  but judt for the record the client will use these resources from a file locally,  but also the server could update these files on the fly when a new version is produced.


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Is there a way of loading a resource that is contained in a file other than an EXE or DLL. &nbsp;I am using MFVC++ 4.2. &nbsp;The file could contain any resource type &nbsp;but must be in a file tah can be easily updated from a server application. &nbsp;This info is used by the client front end to build a form window for user input.
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Is there a way of loading a resource that is contained in a file other than an EXE or DLL.  I am using MFVC++ 4.2.  The file could contain any resource type  but must be in a file tah can be easily updated from a server application.  This info is used by the client front end to build a form window for user input.

Dynamic Resources outside of the EXE or DLL

C++ is an intermediate-level general-purpose programming language, not to be confused with C or C#. It was developed as a set of extensions to the C programming language to improve type-safety and add support for automatic resource management, object-orientation, generic programming, and exception handling, among other features.