DaveHope
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Embed DLL in .res (windres)
I'm keen to share a substantial amount of code between two of my applications. The best way to do this is for me to create a DLL (which I've done) and make both apps use the DLL.
Rather than ship two files to the user (exe and dll) I want to embed the DLL as a resource inside the EXE.
From what I understand, this should be easy. In my header I have:
#define IDR_PKEY_DLL 102
Then, in my .res file I have:
IDR_PKEY_DLL BINARY MOVEABLE PURE res\\Project.dll
However, Windres fails with:
compiling: resource.rc
windres.exe: resource.rc:17: syntax error
Rather than ship two files to the user (exe and dll) I want to embed the DLL as a resource inside the EXE.
From what I understand, this should be easy. In my header I have:
#define IDR_PKEY_DLL 102
Then, in my .res file I have:
IDR_PKEY_DLL BINARY MOVEABLE PURE res\\Project.dll
However, Windres fails with:
compiling: resource.rc
windres.exe: resource.rc:17: syntax error
take a look at
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~baker/ada/gnat/html/gnat_ugn_31.html
particularly the section on "Compiling Resources"
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~baker/ada/gnat/html/gnat_ugn_31.html
particularly the section on "Compiling Resources"
does it compile if you use rc??
ASKER
trinitrotoluene:
My resource compiles and works fine with the ICON, VERSIONINFO and DIALOGEX stuff so I'm fairly sure it's not a problem with the way I'm using my resource.
jkr::
I'll give that a go and see how that goes and update you. However, I thought that they were used for the following:
MOVEABLE - Compiled Resources can be moved to compact memory
PURE - No custom resource
They could however be depreciated, so I'll give it a go.
Cheers!
My resource compiles and works fine with the ICON, VERSIONINFO and DIALOGEX stuff so I'm fairly sure it's not a problem with the way I'm using my resource.
jkr::
I'll give that a go and see how that goes and update you. However, I thought that they were used for the following:
MOVEABLE - Compiled Resources can be moved to compact memory
PURE - No custom resource
They could however be depreciated, so I'll give it a go.
Cheers!
ASKER
Hi,
Just removed MOVEABLE and PURE with the same problem.
I also renamed the "res" folder to "resource" as there was a bug in a previous version of windres version which didn't like using a folder called "res".
RC now reads:
IDR_PKEY_DLL BINARY resource\\Project.dll
Thanks,
Dave
Just removed MOVEABLE and PURE with the same problem.
I also renamed the "res" folder to "resource" as there was a bug in a previous version of windres version which didn't like using a folder called "res".
RC now reads:
IDR_PKEY_DLL BINARY resource\\Project.dll
Thanks,
Dave
DaveHope: since you are embedding the dll inside the exe why don't you create a static .lib and build your application. This seems more straightforward to me.....
jkr: your comments on this please....
jkr: your comments on this please....
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IDR_PKEY_DLL BINARY "res\\Project.dll "
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"MOVEABLE" and "PURE" aren't valid resource compiler statements...