How can I merge all release files into ONE .exe file?

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Hello,

I improved my question in a sequence what i am doing in the project.

Just tell me what to be removed from below lines of sentences.

1) Project name is FaceRecognition.

2) Project is having dependency of .xml, .dll, .jpg.

3) .xml files are:
1) haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml
2) haarcascade_mcs_lefteye.xml and three more files.

4) .dll files are:
1)cv210.dll
2)cvaux210.dll and 8 more dll files.

5) .jpg files are:
1) down.jpg
2) normal.jpg and 4 more jpg files.

6) all these .* files are added to the resource files of the preoject in solution explorer.

7) and coming to .rc file here i am adding the complete path of these files like:

IDR_XML1 FILE C:\\FaceRecognition\\FaceRecognition\\haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml"
IDR_XML2 FILE "C:\\FaceRecognition\\FaceRecognition\\haarcascade_mcs_lefteye.xml"
.
.....
IDR_DLL1 FILE "C:\\FaceRecognition\\FaceRecognition\\cv210.dll"
IDR_DLL2 FILE "C:\\FaceRecognition\\FaceRecognition\\cvaux210.dll"
.
.....
IDR_JPG1 FILE "C:\\FaceRecognition\\FaceRecognition\\down.jpg"
IDR_JPG2 FILE "C:\\FaceRecognition\\FaceRecognition\\normal.jpg"
.
.....

8) and in the code i am assigning these .xml and .jpg to variables, there also i am giving

the full path.

9) the Last is createfilefromresource() function where should i write this function in the project and what parameters should i pass to the function.

this is the process i am doing in the project to merge all files with an .exe.

From this plz mention what i am doing right and what i am doing wrong.

Thank u very very much.

Posted 14-Jan-13 22:32pm

Kumar 09

Updated 17-Jan-13 20:23pm

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Solution 1

You can create a compressed archive using something like WinZip or WinRar. However, a better choice would be to create a program installer using one of the tools available; Google will find you some suggestions.

Posted 14-Jan-13 22:44pm

Richard MacCutchan

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Kumar 09 15-Jan-13 5:17am

i mean to say, i want to merge all the .dll, .xml, .png and .exe file in to one single .exe file, so that i can run the exe in other system without dependencies of this files.

Richard MacCutchan 15-Jan-13 5:40am

In that case do not use a DLL but create a static library so it will be linked in to the executable. The other files can be added as resources.

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H.Brydon · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-15T05:42:00

I do this in some of my code.

You can embed the data into resources of the .exe file. To do this, all of the "to be embedded" files need to exist when the .exe is built. Add the files as resources to the enclosing .exe file (you asked about C++ and MFC; the process is a little different for .NET). To do this, add each file as a line item in the .rc or .rc2 file, just as you do with bitmaps and icons:

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Icon

IDR_MAINFRAME           ICON                 "blahblah\\icons\\blahblah.ico"

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// HTML

IDR_FILE_RELEASENOTES   HTML                 "blahblah\\text\\blahblah_releasenotes.htm"

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// FILE

IDR_FILE_PARAM          FILE                 "blahblah\\paramdata\\PARAMS.XML"
IDR_FILE_TEST           FILE                 "blahblah\\paramdata\\TESTDATA.DAT"

Here is the code I use to extract the data to a file (when my program runs):

C++

bool CreateFileFromResource(char const* sFilename, HMODULE hInstance, WORD resourceID)
{
    bool bRetval = false;
    HANDLE hFile = CreateFile(sFilename, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
        0, NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
    _ASSERTE(hFile);
    if(hFile)
    {
        _ASSERTE(hInstance);
        //if(NULL == hInstance)
        //    hInstance = AfxGetResourceHandle();

        HRSRC hResource = FindResource(hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(resourceID), "FILE");
        _ASSERTE(hResource);
        if(hResource)
        {
            HGLOBAL hFileResource = LoadResource(hInstance, hResource);
            _ASSERTE(hFileResource);
            if(hFileResource)
            {
                LPVOID lpFile = LockResource(hFileResource);
                _ASSERTE(lpFile);
                if(lpFile)
                {
                    DWORD dwSize = SizeofResource(hInstance, hResource);

                    HANDLE hFilemap = CreateFileMapping(hFile, NULL, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, dwSize, NULL);
                    LPVOID lpBaseAddress = MapViewOfFile(hFilemap, FILE_MAP_WRITE, 0, 0, 0);

                    CopyMemory(lpBaseAddress, lpFile, dwSize);

                    UnmapViewOfFile(lpBaseAddress);
                    CloseHandle(hFilemap);
                    bRetval = true;
                }
            }
        }
        CloseHandle(hFile);
    }
    return bRetval;
}

I also have code to extract the contents of an embedded resource (usually xml) into a string or a DOM which I'm sure you can figure out from the above.

As I said above, this code works in a native C++/MFC environment (ie. if you build a RES file). The concept is the same but with different details in .NET (ie. if you use a .RESX file).