HGLOBAL hResLoad;
// handle to loaded resource
HMODULE hExe;
// handle to existing .EXE file
HRSRC hRes;
// handle/ptr. to res. info. in hExe
HANDLE hUpdateRes;
// update resource handle
LPVOID lpResLock;
// pointer to resource data
BOOL result;
#define IDD_HAND_ABOUTBOX 103
#define IDD_FOOT_ABOUTBOX 110
// Load the .EXE file that contains the dialog box you want to copy.
hExe = LoadLibrary(TEXT("hand.exe"));
if (hExe == NULL)
{
ErrorHandler(TEXT("Could not load exe."));
return;
}
// Locate the dialog box resource in the .EXE file.
hRes = FindResource(hExe, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_HAND_ABOUTBOX), RT_DIALOG);
if (hRes == NULL)
{
ErrorHandler(TEXT("Could not locate dialog box."));
return;
}
// Load the dialog box into global memory.
hResLoad = LoadResource(hExe, hRes);
if (hResLoad == NULL)
{
ErrorHandler(TEXT("Could not load dialog box."));
return;
}
// Lock the dialog box into global memory.
lpResLock = LockResource(hResLoad);
if (lpResLock == NULL)
{
ErrorHandler(TEXT("Could not lock dialog box."));
return;
}
// Open the file to which you want to add the dialog box resource.
hUpdateRes = BeginUpdateResource(TEXT("foot.exe"), FALSE);
if (hUpdateRes == NULL)
{
ErrorHandler(TEXT("Could not open file for writing."));
return;
}
// Add the dialog box resource to the update list.
result = UpdateResource(hUpdateRes,
// update resource handle
RT_DIALOG,
// change dialog box resource
MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_FOOT_ABOUTBOX),
// dialog box id
MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL),
// neutral language
lpResLock,
// ptr to resource info
SizeofResource(hExe, hRes));
// size of resource info
if (result == FALSE)
{
ErrorHandler(TEXT("Could not add resource."));
return;
}
// Write changes to FOOT.EXE and then close it.
if (!EndUpdateResource(hUpdateRes, FALSE))
{
ErrorHandler(TEXT("Could not write changes to file."));
return;
}
// Clean up.
if (!FreeLibrary(hExe))
{
ErrorHandler(TEXT("Could not free executable."));
return;
}