Hi,
I've tested this and it works great (I'm using perl2exe). I built and
modified the exe under XP, and have tested it on a win98 box.
I added a png image to my exe, which is extracted by
Win32::GUI::LoadResource and displayed as the splash screen. I've also added
single bitmaps which are loaded at runtime.
Time to say goodbye to that resource directory when shipping the exe!:)
jez.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Pick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Win32-Gui-Users (E-mail)" <perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:43 PM
Subject: [perl-win32-gui-users] Commited a LoadResource function
Hi,
Jez mentioned it'd be neat to be able to load resources other than bitmaps,
icons and cursors from the EXE file. This would be very useful for packing
your GUI Loft .gld files into the exe and things. Well, here it is.
Win32::GUI::LoadResource("SomeResourceName"); will search the exe of the
perl interpreter that is currently interpreting your app (in PAR, this will
be par.exe (as extracted from yourexename.exe), in perlapp and perl2exe it
will be yourexename.exe. In other words, this wont work under PAR as there
doesnt appear to be a way to modify the resources of the packed par.exe. PAR
is annoying), and return the raw data of the resource name you requested as
a scalar.
You must add your resources to the exe file with the RCDATA type. This type
means "raw data".
If anyone knows of any other perl exe makers that are A) free and B) work
then please let me know.
Steve
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