Re: Self Extracting Exe (how?)

From:

"Alexander Nickolov" <agnickolov@mvps.org>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:32:09 -0700

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<ezy0ZMYyHHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>

There is another function called SizeofResource that accepts
the same HRSRC handle you pass to LoadResource and returns
the size of the resource. So call FindResource on a separate
line (bad coding style on your part to call it inline) and use
the handle for both LoadResource and SizeofResource.

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"Micus" <no@way> wrote in message
news:%23SK9UIYyHHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Hello All,

I want to create a self-extracting executable to bind several files.
I have been looking at using custom resources to hold the desired files
then
re-create the files from the resources. However, I ran into a problem.
I've
been using

HGLOBAL hResource = LoadResource(hInst, FindResource(hinst,...,...));
LPVOID pData = LockResource(hResource);
/// Use data...
FreeResource();

Using this method, I have not been able to find the size of the memory
allocated. Without the size, I'm not able to know where each file ends.
GlobalSize() can not be used. Does anyone have any suggestions or
different
approaches?

Thank you,
M