FileInstall C++ equivalent?

[youtuber]

How to write this code in C++ ?

FileInstall("Test.exe", @ScriptDir & "\Test.exe", 1)
FileDelete(@ScriptDir & "\Test.exe")

 

Edited July 7, 2019 by youtuber

[Jos]

I assume the question is about FileInstall(), not FileDelete().

FileInstall is not a simple function and is handled in both aut2exe.exe and AutoIt3.exe:

• aut2exe will add the file to the PE header at compilation time.
• autoit3.exe will extract the file from the PE Header to the specified filename.

Jos

Edited July 7, 2019 by Jos

[youtuber]

Well thanks,
Can't I FileInstall() with AutoItX3.dll and AutoItX3_x64.dll?

[spudw2k]

I suspect since aut2exe is what performs the file embedding, and only compiled autoit script do the extraction, AutoItX will only do a file copy operation similar to an un-compiled script, if in fact the fileinstall is supported at all.

[TheDcoder]

FileInstall is a complex function, no way standard C++ would have support for something like it. The most portable way that I can think of is to use a small preprocessor tool/script which generates a C/C++ source file which contains your file (which needs to be embedded) in binary form in an array maybe... then you can manually use that array directly in your program to use it, or "extract" it by using one of the standard file writing functions

[Jos]

13 hours ago, youtuber said:

Well thanks,
Can't I FileInstall() with AutoItX3.dll and AutoItX3_x64.dll?

No of course not, and you asking this question means you really do not understand what fileinstall does. 

Jos