Re: WinAPI Function to modify EXE resources

From: Eugene Mayevski [SecureBlackbox] (mayevski_at_eldos.org)
Date: 01/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 18:21:16 +0200

Richard Cox wrote:

> Is there a WinAPI function which modifies resources (e.g. resource strings,
> bitmaps, icons etc.)? There are plenty for reading them (LoadResource and so
> on) but I cannot find any which modify the contents of a resource. Clearly
> it must be possible to do this, since resource editors exist which modify
> EXE files.

They handle PE files in code and parse/assemble resources internally.
WinNT/2K/XP has BeginUpdateResource/EndUpdateResource/UpdateResource
functions, but Win9x doesn't. IIRC Madshi had some implementation of
these functions which work on both Win9x and NT-based OS. Sorry, I don't
remember the URL. 

-- 
Eugene Mayevski
EldoS Corp., CTO
Security and networking solutions
http://www.eldos.com

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