MFC: How to Hide a text source file inside executable

[Irit]

Hi,
I am writing a program that on start-up reads from a text file some information.
I would like to hide this file, so the user is getting only the exe file, and he cannot mess with the text file (the file has a delicate structure).

I tried to:
* include the file (not working, it still looks for the code file)

Maybe you have an idea how to do this?
Thanks in advance!
Irit

 

[Diancecht]

Declare a constant buffer with the data.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[Salem]

If you can pre-process the text from say

[tt][blue]This is a line of text[/blue][/tt]
to
[tt][blue]"This is a line of text\n"[/blue][/tt]

Then you could do this

const char *textfile =
#include "textfile.txt"
;

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[ArkM]

Don't forget to make the text in a (reversible) mess before including (invent some sort of a hashing): if you include the text directly, a smart user can view it in your exe file with a simplest hex editor...