Adding file to exe on the fly

[CSharper]

I have an exe. When one of admin runs it creates a file. This file is
required for the exe to run when we deliver to client. Is it possible
to add the file into the exe when the admin runs instead of
recompiling the code?
In otherwords, is it possible to add a file to the exe or add a
resource to the executing exe?
Thanks,

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

CSharper <cs******@gmx.comwrote:

I have an exe. When one of admin runs it creates a file. This file is
required for the exe to run when we deliver to client. Is it possible
to add the file into the exe when the admin runs instead of
recompiling the code?
In otherwords, is it possible to add a file to the exe or add a
resource to the executing exe?

It's possible, but it would be relatively tricky. Why not just keep the
file separate but in the same directory?

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[CSharper]

On Sep 15, 1:47*pm, Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <[e-mail]:

CSharper <[e-mail]:

I have an exe. When one of admin runs it creates a file. This file is
required for the exe to run when we deliver to client. Is it possible
to add the file into the exe when the admin runs instead of
recompiling the code?
In otherwords, is it possible to add a file to the exe or add a
resource to the executing exe?

It's possible, but it would be relatively tricky. Why not just keep the
file separate but in the same directory?

--
Jon Skeet - <[e-mail]>
Web site:http://www.pobox.com/~skeet*
Blog:http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet
C# in Depth:http://csharpindepth.com

We wanted to ship only one file out (management requirement). Thanks
and could you please tell me how to go about doing it?
Thanks,

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

CSharper <cs******@gmx.comwrote:

We wanted to ship only one file out (management requirement). Thanks
and could you please tell me how to go about doing it?

Find the format of the exe file (PE format) and rebuild it all. It'll
be a massive pain though. I would strongly urge you to ask management
just how much they want this.

--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.com>
Web site: http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet
C# in Depth: http://csharpindepth.com

[CSharper]

On Sep 15, 3:20*pm, Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <[e-mail]:

CSharper <[e-mail]:

We wanted to ship only one file out (management requirement). Thanks
and could you please tell me how to go about doing it?

Find the format of the exe file (PE format) and rebuild it all. It'll
be a massive pain though. I would strongly urge you to ask management
just how much they want this.

--
Jon Skeet - <[e-mail]>
Web site:http://www.pobox.com/~skeet*
Blog:http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet
C# in Depth:http://csharpindepth.com

Is it possible to to have a place holder in the file and then replace
the content of the file later somehow? My other option is to use
ILMerge.

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

On Sep 16, 1:15*pm, CSharper <[e-mail]:

Is it possible to to have a place holder in the file and then replace
the content of the file later somehow? My other option is to use
ILMerge.

Either of those *might* work - but you'll need to look into the PE
format and dig around to find out for sure.

Jon