compiling resource files

"Justin Daubenmire" <justind@cboss.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all.
>
> I want to compile my game.exe file along with numerous wave files into 1
> executable file that will let me hide my files from others while stil
> letting me run my game by executing the compiled new_game.exe file that
> contains the real game.exe and wave files. I found www.molebox.com and I
> can't get it to work. game.exe looks for the wave files in the root folder
> that game.exe is in. The mole box package runs game.exe then it raises an
> error indicating the wave files are missing. For some reason, it is not
> seeing the wave files in the package like the docs state it will do. Does
> directX or any other tool allow me to do this task?
>
> Justin
>
>
That sounds rather overly complicated to me. Depending on your compiler, its
much easier to simply use a resource file that binds your media with the
executable, then use a function within your program to read the files.
Theres no need to separate the exe and the waves that way. I found out how
to do that, by searching the web for tutorials based on my compiler and
such. So there is an easier way, but i dont know anything about molebox.
Vinny

Hi Vinny.

Thanks for the reply. in VB 6 I did find how to compile a resource file. I
actually got molebox to work as well. I think one advantage to molebox is it
lets you add any file type to the master container.exe file. That could be
dll, ocx, graphics, sounds, documentation, whatever you want. As long as it
isn't a file that needs to be written to, it can go in the compiled
container.exe file."

/justin

Viper" <spam@this.com> wrote in message
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>
Depending on your compiler, its
> much easier to simply use a resource file that binds your media with the
> executable, then use a function within your program to read the files.