[Solved] Need help with bmp inside exe

[Hest]

Im having some problems putting a bmp image inside a compiled script. Or it's not a problem getting it in, it's more getting it out again without using fileinstall.

I have tried Zedna's UDF from here http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=51103 but I cang get it to work.

I have this code in the beginning of my script

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#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseUpx=n
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_File_Add=bg.bmp, bitmap, BMP
#EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiStatusBar.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <String.au3>
#include "resources.au3"

Global Const $SF_UTF8 = 4
Global Const $SF_ANSI = 1

Global $xmlfile = @ScriptDir & "\feed.xml"

If NOT FileExists($xmlfile) Then
    InetGet("http://www.vivaldi.dk/feed/news/all/", $xmlfile, 1, 0)
    If @error <> 0 OR @InetGetBytesRead < 1024 Then
        Msgbox(0,"Error", "There was an error while downloading the feed. Check your Internet connection and try again!")
        FileDelete($xmlfile)
        Exit
    EndIf
EndIf
Global $Softwarename = "Name"
Global $Softwareversion = 1.00
Global $Title[6]
Global $Link[6]
Global $Text[6]
Global $Date[6]
Global $ColorLabel[6]
Global $Goto[7]
Global $Timer = TimerInit()
Global $Updatetimer = 600000
Global $Firstupdate = 540000
Global $Titel_Color = "0X8EA2CC" ; 778EBD   0XA20000   8EA2CC
Global $Text_Color = "0XEFEFEF"

#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form=
$Maingui = GUICreate($Softwarename, 488, 472, 193, 124)
$bg = GUICtrlCreatePic("bg.bmp", 0, 0, 488, 452)
GUICtrlSetState (-1, $GUI_DISABLE)

My background is called bg.bmp as you can see in the GUICtrlCreatePic. Can anyone help me how to add and extract that .bmp "inside" the exe

Edited September 29, 2009 by Hest

[Melba23]

Hest,

You really do need to read through the topic carefully and play with the examples before using Zedna's excellent UDF.

The #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_File_Add directive no longer works with this UDF -(that is why it is struck out on the first page of the topic!). If you read the thread you will find out why. You should use ResHacker instead.

Also, if you had played with the examples you would have seen that you need to use a function from within the UDF to get the BMP into the picture control.

So, download ResHacker and change your directive to read:

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_After=Full_Path\ResHacker.exe -add %out%, %out%, bg.bmp, bitmap, BMP, 0

Then change the picture control generation code to read:

$bg = GUICtrlCreatePic("", 0, 0, 488, 452)
_ResourceSetImageToCtrl($bg, "BMP", $RT_BITMAP)
GUICtrlSetState ($bg, $GUI_DISABLE)

Zedna's UDF is an awesome piece of work - but as I said above, you really do need to read the whole topic and try out the examples before trying to use it for real.

Anyway - the code above works for me - come back if you still have problems.

M23

[Hest]

Thx alot, that helped. Didn't really think about the #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_File_Add being struck out, but it's working now.

[Zedna]

Thx alot, that helped. Didn't really think about the #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_File_Add being struck out, but it's working now.

I will remove it definitely from my post :-)

I used it but later Autoit3Wrapper was changed and #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_File_Add stopped working

because it places resources to wrong section with wrong name

so I reverted back to using reshacker.exe for adding resources.

Edited September 29, 2009 by Zedna