Title: How to Build Resources from files located in a Directory
procedure TStatForm.scriptresourceFile2(restype: string);
var
f: textfile;
ResFile: ShortString;
resstr: string;
s: array[0..2048] of Char;
i, filecount: Byte;
myResList: TStringList;
begin
myresList := TStringList.Create;
filecount := getfilelist(myResList);
if filecount totalPictures then
filecount := totalPictures;
for i := 0 to filecount - 1 do
begin
resstr := Format('%s%d %s %s%s%s',
['bmp', i, restype, '"', myReslist.Strings[i], '"']);
StrCat(s, PChar(resstr));
StrCat(s, #13#10);
end;
ResFile := 'membmp.rc';
AssignFile(f, ResFile);
Rewrite(f);
Write(f, s);
closefile(f);
myResList.Free;
compileResfile(ResFile);
end;
procedure TStatForm.btnGenClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
scriptResourceFile2('Bitmap');
end;
function TStatForm.getFileList(aList: TStringList): Integer;
var
DOSerr: Integer;
fsrch: TsearchRec;
begin
Result := 0;
doserr := FindFirst('*.bmp', faAnyFile, fsrch);
if (DOSerr = 0) then
begin
while (DOSerr = 0) do
begin
aList.Add(fsrch.Name);
if (fsrch.attr and faDirectory) = 0 then Inc(Result);
DOSerr := findnext(fsrch);
end;
findClose(fsrch);
end;
end;
procedure TStatForm.compileResfile(vfile: string);
var
i, iCE: Integer;
begin
{$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
iCE := shellapi.shellExecute(0, nil, PChar('BRCC32.exe'),
PChar(vfile), nil, 0);
i := 0;
repeat
Inc(i);
sleep(600);
Application.ProcessMessages;
until i = 10;
if iCE = 32 then ShowMessage('compError Nr. ' + IntToStr(iCE));
{$ENDIF}
end;