clubbing data file in program itself


I have not yet tried perl2exe but thinking about that.

My font conversion program reads the font mappings from an upper
ascii file (0-256) having 300 or more lines. Then, it reads a
input file and converts that to output file.

If I run perl2exe to convert my .pl to .exe, what happens to my
data file (say font1.map)?

Or, is there any method that I can club that file within the
..exe itself during conversion, so that I don't have to supply
separate file. And, the .map file is one each for each font, so
there will be too many and might confuse the users. They might
fiddle with it and then complain that it is not working.

So, how to I prevent separate data file (.map) and club it
within the .exe.

I can't keep them within the program as there will be 300 or
more line each for each font.

Any other method of clubbing them, say, in a .zip or .rar file
so that they remain in a single bunch and a novice user is not
able to make that out, and I can read them opening the zip/ rar
within the program.

If all this is not in "perl" style, please guide me to the right
style.

TIA.
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Rawat

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