Resource Editing

[vernalex]

I am trying to edit file version resource values on a compiled executable and I'm floundering.

I believe I'm in the right area with _WinAPI_BeginUpdateResource(..), _WinAPI_UpdateResource(...) and _WinAPI_EndUpdateResource(...) functions, but I don't understand the proper struct format or the UpdateResource parameters.

I've found the Microsoft articles http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381058(v=vs.85).aspx (for VERSIONINFO) and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381049(v=vs.85).aspx (for StringFileInfo BLOCK).

In particular does anyone know how to set and get the FileDescription resource data on an already compiled exe? My goal is that I can get the FileDescription field, change it, and then write it back to the exe.

Realistically I want to be able to inject a bit of data into the exe so I can bake select settings into the exe. If there's a better way for doing this type of thing, such as embedding an INI after the fact, then that would be useful to me.

Thank you.

[Jos]

There are resource udf's available and autoitwrapper can help attaching files into the resources as well.

Jos

[vernalex]

I've looked through a great number of resource UDFs and I've yet to find one that can do it without an external executable. The wrapper can't work for me because it needs to be after compilation.

Hmmmm...