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This document contains C++ code to add resources like files to an executable. It takes in a filename and stub name as input, reads the file, adds it as a resource to the stub executable, and writes configuration data to a separate file.

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Binder

This document contains C++ code to add resources like files to an executable. It takes in a filename and stub name as input, reads the file, adds it as a resource to the stub executable, and writes configuration data to a separate file.

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#include <iostream>

#include <windows.h>
#include <fstream>
#include <stdio.h>
using namespace std;
bool configstarted = false;

void WriteToFile(char*data)
{
if (configstarted==false)
{
ofstream writer;
writer.open("config.txt", ios::out); //deletes file if it already exists
if(writer.is_open())
{
writer << data;
writer << ":";
writer.close();
configstarted=true;
}
}
else
{
ofstream writer;
writer.open("config.txt", ios::app);
writer << data;
writer << ":";
writer.close();

}
}

bool AddResource(char*filename, char*stub)


{
HANDLE hfile;
DWORD dwfilesize, dwbytesread;
LPBYTE lpbuffer;
hfile = CreateFile(filename, //name of file to create handle to
GENERIC_READ, //file opened for reading
0, //sharing mode- 0 means the file cannot be shared or
opened until handle is closed
NULL,
OPEN_EXISTING, //only opens file if it exists
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
NULL);
if (hfile==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
cout << "\nERROR: File could not be opened\n";
return false; //file could not be opened

}
else
{
dwfilesize = GetFileSize(hfile, NULL);
lpbuffer = new BYTE[dwfilesize]; //create a buffer the size of the file
if (ReadFile(hfile, lpbuffer, dwfilesize, &dwbytesread, NULL) == FALSE)
//parameters = handle to file to be read, buffer to put data in, max num bytes to
read, num that receieves bytes read, optional)

{
cout << "\nERROR: Could not read file\n";
delete [] lpbuffer;
CloseHandle(hfile);
return false;
}
else
{
HANDLE hresource;
hresource = BeginUpdateResource(stub, FALSE); //file to update
resource, FALSE specifies not to delelete filename's existing resources
if (hresource==NULL)
{
cout << "\nERROR: Could not begin updating the resource\n";
delete [] lpbuffer;
CloseHandle(hfile);
return false;
}
else
{
if (UpdateResource(hresource, //handle created by
BeginUpdateResource
RT_RCDATA, //Resource type- raw data
filename, //creates resource ID
MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
(LPVOID) lpbuffer, //pointer to byte array
containing the file data
dwfilesize) == TRUE)
{
EndUpdateResource(hresource, FALSE); //This commits the changes
made by update resource
if(filename!="config.txt")
{WriteToFile(filename);}
delete [] lpbuffer;
CloseHandle(hfile);
return true;

}
else
{
EndUpdateResource(hresource, true); //DISCARDS the changes made
by UpdateResource b/c UpdateResource failed
delete [] lpbuffer;
CloseHandle(hfile);
return false;
}
}

}
}

int main()
{

char* source = new char[MAX_PATH];


char*stub = new char[MAX_PATH];
cout << "What is the name of the stub?\n";
cin.getline(stub, MAX_PATH);
cout << "To add a file, type its name. Otherwise, type 'q' to finalize the
output\n";
while ( cin.getline(source, MAX_PATH))
{
if (source[0]=='q')
{
AddResource("config.txt", stub);
break;
}
else
{
if (AddResource(source, stub)==true)
cout << source << " Added successfully!\n";
}
}
cin.get();
delete[] source;
delete[] stub;

return 0;
}

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