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Re: Embedding image data
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Re: Embedding image data


  • Subject: Re: Embedding image data
  • From: Scott Thompson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:20:14 -0600


On Mar 13, 2006, at 12:11 AM, August Trometer wrote:

Thanks for the reply!

Well, the idea is this:

I have a control with a background image. This control will be used across multiple apps (and perhaps multiple coders). What I'm trying to do is embed the image data so that I don't have to include the image file along with the source code. That way all I have to do is copy the source files into the app and it's ready to go. 2 files to copy instead of 3. This way, it's also easier to share with other authors as well.

Perhaps I'm just trying to overcomplicate things, but it just seems (to me) that it would be handy. Plus, it would also help prevent others from grabbing the image out of the Resources file (not that this is a primary concern, but it's certainly a side benefit).

Thanks!

August

At the same time, it makes your control harder to change... you can't just edit the external file to change the appearance of the control. On the whole I would recommend against this idea.


If you are determined, however, you could do something like use hexdump to dump the image data in hexadecimal form. Format the hexadecimal so that you can include it in a char * array. Also write the length of the data into a variable. Then, at runtime, you simply build your CFData from the char * array and import the image from there.

Scott



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