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CirothUngol
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Embedded Files
« Thread started on: Nov 23rd, 2013, 02:33am » |
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Here's a few suggestions regarding embedded files:
* Option to extract files to system %TEMP% folder.
I don't know if special permissions are needed for this, but it'd be nice to have the option of extracting to a less-visible neutral location.
* Option to extract files only if they don't exist.
...or something similar. It seems that the default behavior is to always over-write any files that are present, which may not always be desired (like with a default settings.ini, perhaps).
* Option to extract files only when triggered to do so.
I don't really know how this would work, but it'd also be nice to have some control over when, how often, or even if files were extracted.
* Block option to add embedded files unless .BAS file has been saved.
So that other block-heads such as myself won't waste their time trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. ^_^
Thanx again for including the option to embed files into LB Booster. It's going to make a couple of my little projects neater, cleaner, more attractive, and easier to maintain. LBB is most certainly an "every day" utility. w00t.
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Richard Russell
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Re: Embedded Files
« Reply #1 on: Nov 23rd, 2013, 10:45am » |
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on Nov 23rd, 2013, 02:33am, CirothUngol wrote:| * Option to extract files to system %TEMP% folder. |
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I could do that. I may consider adding it to the next release if you think it would be really useful.
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That's sort of how it currently works, except that it also tests to see if the file is identical to the embedded version; if not it gets overwritten. If you want to embed a file that can subsequently be modified, save it as a different name (maybe in %TEMP% if I provide that option) and in your program copy it to the required path/filename if it doesn't already exist.
Quote:| * Option to extract files only when triggered to do so. I don't really know how this would work |
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Nor me! If I add the 'extract to %TEMP%' option you would be able to achieve the equivalent in your own code by selectively copying from there to the desired destination.
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I'll definitely look at fixing that issue one way or another.
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Re: Embedded Files
« Reply #2 on: Nov 23rd, 2013, 5:46pm » |
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on Nov 23rd, 2013, 10:45am, Richard Russell wrote:| I could do that. I may consider adding it to the next release if you think it would be really useful. |
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I would most certainly use it, and it seems the easiest and most direct way to allow users to control the placement of internal files. Also, providing the %TEMP% path as an internal variable (like DefaultDir$) would make user control even easier and more convenient.
Thanks for considering the suggestion. I think it would prove a great addition to the LibertyBASIC Booster.
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Re: Embedded Files
« Reply #3 on: Nov 23rd, 2013, 5:59pm » |
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on Nov 23rd, 2013, 5:46pm, CirothUngol wrote:| I would most certainly use it, and it seems the easiest and most direct way to allow users to control the placement of internal files. Also, providing the %TEMP% path as an internal variable (like DefaultDir$) would make user control even easier and more convenient. |
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OK, I'll add the option. You'll need to put the source file in %TEMP% first, but then you'd want to anyway for testing in the IDE.
I don't think I'll provide a predefined variable which points to %TEMP% for the simple reason that it would prevent you testing and debugging the program in LB. It's not difficult to do using CALLDLL:
Code: TempPath$ = space$(_MAX_PATH)
calldll #kernel32, "GetTempPathA", _
_MAX_PATH as long, TempPath$ as ptr, _
ret as long
TempPath$ = trim$(TempPath$)
Edit: Anyway if you don't mind it being LBB-specific you can always use this hack:
Code:
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