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Add file to existing EXE

Started by aurelCB, October 31, 2008, 12:47:08 PM

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aurelCB

Hi all...
Is there a way add file,string or data to exsisting standalone exe?
I find one example on net but looks strange for me.
Example is very old but is interesting.
-----------------------------------------------------
QB CULT MAGAZINE
Issue #9 - February 2001
Appending Data To Your .EXEs
By Chris Charabaruk

He say this:
The executable header type, in QuickBasic, would look as so:

TYPE EXEHEADER
    exSignature AS INTEGER
    exExtraBytes AS INTEGER ' Number of bytes in last page.
    exPages AS INTEGER      ' Number of whole and part pages.
    exRelocItems AS INTEGER
    exHeaderSize AS INTEGER
    exMinAlloc AS INTEGER
    exMaxAlloc AS INTEGER
    exInitSS AS INTEGER
    exInitSP AS INTEGER
    exCheckSum AS INTEGER
    exInitIP AS INTEGER
    exInitCS AS INTEGER
    exRelocTable AS INTEGER
    exOverlay AS INTEGER
END TYPE

The two entries exExtraBytes and exPages let you find where the end of executable code is, and where dataspace begins, using this formula:

IF exeheadblock.exPages MOD 512 <> 0 THEN
    size = exeheadblock.exPages * 512& - (512& - exeheadblock.exExtraBytes)
  ELSE  ' If no partial pages then execute the ELSE statement.
    size = exeheadblock.exPages * 512&
END IF

Note that exeheadblock is of type EXEHEADER. We extract the header from the program with this juicy tidbit of code:

DIM exeheadblock AS EXEHEADER
OPEN "test.exe" FOR BINARY AS #1
GET #1, , exeheadblock  ' This puts the executable header in
                        ' to the structure exeheadblock.

I know that exe file hes MZ header wich is for DOS and PE header wich is for window app.
Maby i'm wrong?
Is there a way to do something similiar in Creative Basic?
What i wannt?
I wannt add for example string or Istring to existing EXE wich can be executed with this exe or
with this program not compile or recompile existing exe.
My knowlege about this is small.
I think that this file or string must be first converted to binary or maby not, i dont know.
If is posibile ,that would be great stuff.
What you mean?
regards
zlatko

LarryMc

LarryMc
Larry McCaughn :)
Author of IWB+, Custom Button Designer library, Custom Chart Designer library, Snippet Manager, IWGrid control library, LM_Image control library

aurelCB

Wrong Larry! I say about adding to exe and you give link to
Joske example How extract resource from exe.
But however thanks for link.
Any other ideas?

LarryMc

Resource could be an exe file.
And to extract it you have to be able to add it.

Larry
LarryMc
Larry McCaughn :)
Author of IWB+, Custom Button Designer library, Custom Chart Designer library, Snippet Manager, IWGrid control library, LM_Image control library

sapero

Zlatko, I don't think it is possible in Creative without additional helpers, because
* there are api's to update resources (like UpdateResource). But first, you'll need to extract all resources with same type. To do it, you should provide a callback function for EnumResourceNames api.
The api UpdateResource does not just add, it removes any existing resource with given type.

So, you can:
1. use a helper dll to extract resources, then use the api's to update your exe (example).
2. stay with Creative, and parse all the exe headers to extract and update resources. You'll need to learn the PE format.
3. download ResHacker freeware to do it.

aurelCB

October 31, 2008, 03:00:44 PM #5 Last Edit: October 31, 2008, 03:02:19 PM by aurelCB
Yes Sapero you right.Complicated stuff.Learn PE format uff...
I find this example written by Copex in Ibpro archive look:

'Add resource to EXE
'code by Copex
'Ibasic professional

/*
This is unfinshed !! API requires the nt5 kernal so
'you must be running win xp or 2k for the code to work...

Ok what the code dose is add a resource to a executable file,
not all of the code is required to add a resource but i was going to
add the ability to change resources as well....

how to test, get a smal zip file and copy it to C then rename an executable
file to test.exe and copy it to C:\, compile and run the code below,
now if you use a Resource editor "Reshacker http://www.devhood.com/Tools/tool_details.aspx?tool_id=420
or http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/ " you will see the zip file has been
added to the exe file RT_RCDATA/store_data...

for more infomation on resource see
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/WindowsUserInterface/Resources/IntroductiontoResources.asp

*/
DECLARE IMPORT, _FindResource ALIAS FindResourceA(hInstance AS INT,lpName AS POINTER,lpType AS POINTER),INT
DECLARE IMPORT, _FindResourceEx ALIAS FindResourceExA(hModule AS INT,lpType AS POINTER,lpName AS POINTER,wLanguage AS INT),INT
DECLARE IMPORT, _BeginUpdateResource ALIAS BeginUpdateResourceA(pFileName AS STRING,bDeleteExistingResources AS INT),INT
DECLARE IMPORT, _UpdateResource ALIAS UpdateResourceA(hUpdate AS INT,lpType AS POINTER,lpName AS POINTER,wLanguage AS INT,lpData AS POINTER,cbData AS INT),INT
DECLARE IMPORT, _EndUpdateResource ALIAS EndUpdateResourceA(hUpdate AS INT,fDiscard AS INT),INT
DECLARE IMPORT, _LoadResource ALIAS LoadResource(hInstance AS INT,hResInfo AS INT),INT
DECLARE IMPORT, _LockResource ALIAS LockResource(hResData AS INT),INT
DECLARE IMPORT, _SizeofResource ALIAS SizeofResource(hInstance AS INT,hResInfo AS INT),INT
DECLARE MAKEINTRESOURCE(n as WORD),POINTER
declare "kernel32",GetLastError(),INT
DECLARE "kernel32",FormatMessage Alias FormatMessageA(dwFlags:INT, lpSource:INT, dwMessageId:INT, dwLanguageId:INT, lpBuffer:STRING, nSize:INT, Arguments:INT),INT

CONST FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER = 0x100
CONST FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS = 0x200
CONST FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_STRING = 0x400
CONST FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_HMODULE = 0x800
CONST FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM = 0x1000
CONST FORMAT_MESSAGE_ARGUMENT_ARRAY = 0x2000
CONST FORMAT_MESSAGE_MAX_WIDTH_MASK = 0xFF

const SUBLANG_DEFAULT =0x01
const LANG_NEUTRAL =0x00

openconsole

def bf:bfile
def m:memory
def tmp:pointer
def hResource,ret:int

t = "store_data"
tmp = t

openfile(bf,getstartpath+"test.txt", "R") /* File to add as a resource */
allocmem(m,len(bf),1)
   read(bf,m)

'openfile(bf,"C:\\bug1tmp.exe", "w")
' write bf,m
'closefile bf

hResource = _BeginUpdateResource(getstartpath+"test.exe", FALSE)/* EXE file rosource to be added to....*/
print hResource

ret = _UpdateResource(hResource,"RT_RCDATA",tmp,4,m,len(bf))
' UpdateResource(hExe, RT_RCDATA, PChar('MYDATA'), 4, ms, ms.Size)
print ret
if ret = 0 then error()

ret = _EndUpdateResource(hResource, FALSE)
print ret

'_waitkey
do: until inkey$<>""

closefile bf
freemem m
closeconsole
end

SUB MAKEINTRESOURCE(n as WORD),POINTER
DEF pReturn as POINTER
_asm
lea eax,[ebp-4]
mov ebx,[ebp+8]
mov [eax],ebx
_endasm
RETURN pReturn
ENDSUB

SUB error()

   CONST MB_ICONINFORMATION = &H40

   DEF CodeErrorId:INT
   DEF nBufferSize:INT
   DEF flag:INT
   DEF sBuffer:STRING

   nBufferSize = 1024
   sBuffer = String$(nBufferSize, Chr$(0))
   flag=FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM

   CodeErrorId=GetLastError()

   FormatMessage(flag, NULL,CodeErrorId,LANG_NEUTRAL, sBuffer, nBufferSize ,NULL )
print "Error := ",sBuffer,"Error Code := ",MB_ICONINFORMATION
RETURN
endsub

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Is this something?