Lope Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 (edited) Looking for a way to embed a text file (or a large string) in my AutoIt Script, and read it at runtime. FileInstall() to the temp folder, then reading it & deleting it would work, but I'm looking for something less ghetto. I searched the forums and found something called AutoItWrapper but it seems complicated, and does not seem like it would work in debug mode. (F5) Edited April 27, 2010 by Lope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedna Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Look at my Resources UDF. Link is in my signature. Resources UDF ResourcesEx UDF AutoIt Forum Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted April 27, 2010 Moderators Share Posted April 27, 2010 Lope,Why not just save the content of the file as a string variable? AutoIt can deal with strings of up to 2,147,483,647 characters. You might need to format your text a bit to get it into the string, but that not too hard and then you have it in your script ready to go. Of course, you need not have it maxing out the script as you code, you can just save that variable in another file and then #include it. Otherwise, you will need to look at Zedna's Resources UDF here. But I would try the string variable method first if I were you - it has worked well for me in the past. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lope Posted April 27, 2010 Author Share Posted April 27, 2010 (edited) Zedna: Thanks, too complicated relative to the need. Does that work in Debug mode? (F5) M23: Very cool idea about the #include massive string Good to know AutoIt can handle massive strings. Edited April 27, 2010 by Lope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedna Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Zedna: Thanks, too complicated relative to the need. My UDF is general purpose.You may use only one API call for your need: LoadStringLook at _WinAPI_LoadString() I think it's in WinAPIEx UDFZedna: Thanks, too complicated relative to the need. Does that work in Debug mode? (F5)No. All resource functions work only from compiled EXE file because they load data from that EXE where it's added at compile time. Resources UDF ResourcesEx UDF AutoIt Forum Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lope Posted April 27, 2010 Author Share Posted April 27, 2010 Thanks again for the info. I'll definitely make use of this at a later stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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