Supplying an Applic. with separate data files

[johncp]

I want to create individual files containing executable code, graphics and text - maybe 100Kb each in size. These are to be available to an application at runtime. At boot the applic. searches for the files, presents a selection to the user based on the graphic/text info. in each file that it finds, then runs code from the file the user selects. There could be anything from 1 to 50 or more of these files.
A possible complication is that I'm using BCB6 standard - which has few dbase components !.

My question is what form should these files take.
DLLs, BPLs or Database files ?.

 

[TonHu]

Just 1 viable solution, DLL's as they can contain both executable code and resources. In these resources the graphics and text stuff can be put.
By dynamically assigning entrypoints these DLL's can be loaded on demand/availability.

HTH
TonHu

 

[johncp]

Hi TonHu

Thanx for the help.
Now I HAVE to get my head around DLLs !

john

 

[TonHu]

Do a search in this forum, I posted a few solutions both on incorporating graphics in dll's and calling functions from dynamically loaded dll's (IIRC)

HTH
TonHu

 

[TonHu]

Oops, wrong forum, I posted on the dll-stuff in the Delphi forum over here: forum102

HTH
TonHu