If your project includes the .rc file then I believe it automatically gets
compiled into the exe when you build the project.
No need for separate compiles or worrying about the res file (Although one
is created when you compile the app but only as an intermiediate step.)
The documentation for the format of resource files didn't make the jump from
BP7 to Delphi so if you have any old BP7 documentation that's the best place
to go.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Trevor Jones
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 9:16 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
Subject: Re: [DUG]: AVI in Resource Files
> How do I compile an AVI file into the exe. I see that the TAnimate
> component allows me to load the AVI from a resource... So I gather I
> need a resource editor, which Delphi doesn't seem to supply... (I had a
> look at the very (very very) old Resource Workshop that came with one or
> other version of Delphi, but I can't see how to add an AVI file in there
> either...
>
Hi Colin:
I have a standard Splash Form that I use which contains a number of AVIs
while my app is loading. To make them work I use (in the FormCreate):
try
Animate1.ResHandle := HInstance;
except
end;
try
Animate2.ResHandle := HInstance;
except
end;
try
Animate3.ResHandle := HInstance;
except
end;
Animate1.ResName := 'Animate1';
Animate2.ResName := 'Animate2';
Animate3.ResName := 'Animate3';
..... and just below implementation I have:
{$R SplashAnimate.res}
Using a very old copy of Borland resource workshop, I created
SplashAnimate.res using a .rc file that contained:
Animate1 avi "c:\video\splash\pic1.avi"
Animate2 avi "c:\video\splash\pic2.avi"
Animate3 avi "c:\video\splash\pic3.avi"
That's all. Open it with resource workshop as a .rc then save it as a .res
file, and your avis are part of the .res file. Compile and link and your
AVIs should work.
Borland Resource Workshop shipped on a number of Cds...it may even be a
hangover from the old days of TurboPascal for Windows. ANY resource
complier should be able to understand this syntax.
Hope this helps.........
Trevor
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