[fpc-pascal] Re: creating a standalone executable (eg: application installation file)

[Andreas Schneider]

I think if digital signing is required, using Windows Resources would be the 
better way. Now that I think about it, with FPC 2.4 that should even be 
possible on Linux (and other platforms). Many roads lead to rome :D


Am Dienstag 12 Januar 2010 14:17:21 schrieb Milan Marusinec:
> Andreas Schneider wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > that works the same as in Windows and can probably be done with every
> > executable format. Simply append the data to the end of the file and
> > store the offset or length of that data at the end. All you have to do
> > then is to let the program open "itself" (ParamStr(0)), seek to the end -
> > SizeOf(Integer), read that integer to know the offset of the data, seek
> > to that position, and read all you need from there. So essentially your
> > file looks like: <original executable><install data><data offset>
> 
> Andreas,
> 
> Will this method work when the exe is digitally
> signed afterwards (or before) ?
> 
> (tough, for linux it doesn't matter)
> 
> Milan
> 
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