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ResourceName ResourceType "ResourceFilename"

	ExtractFile("ResourceName", "ResourceType", pathname);

// note that hInstance is the instance off the DLL/exe which has the resource

bool ExtractFile(const CString& resourceID, const CString& resourceType, const CString& filename)
{
	// need to extract the resource out into the filename supplied
	bool bOK = true;
	HANDLE hRes = ::LoadResource(hInstance, ::FindResource(hInstance, resourceID, resourceType));
	if (hRes != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
	{
		// we loaded it, not get the text from it
		DWORD sizeOfResource = ::SizeofResource(hInstance, ::FindResource(hInstance, resourceID, resourceType));
		char *lpRes = (char*)::LockResource(hRes);
		CFile file;

		if (file.Open(filename, CFile::modeCreate | CFile::modeWrite))
		{
			// write the resource out to the file
			file.WriteHuge(lpRes, sizeOfResource);
			file.Close();
		}
		else
		{
			bOK = false;
		}
		// release the resource
		::UnlockResource(hRes);
		::FreeResource(hRes);
	}
	return bOK;
}

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