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I’d like to embed an executable inside of my Delphi binary and extract it at runtime. The purpose of this is to ensure that a helper utility is always available on the system, without having to distribute multiple files.
With Delphi 2007 I have used JvDataEmbedded, but I am building a console application and I want to know if anyone knows of another way to do it without having to add a hidden form for JvDataEmbedded.
I am using Delphi 2010.
Build a RC file that embeds this program as a resource, and then at runtime you can extract it with a TResourceStream. (See the accepted answer to this question of mine for the general principle.) You can chain the TResourceStream to a TFileStream to write it out to a temp file, then run it.