How to save data from standalone?

[Mark Wieder]

Scott-

Sunday, February 5, 2006, 1:22:36 PM, you wrote:

>> Any attempt to modify an application will not work. This is
>> not a runrev thing, it's part of the OS. 

> Actually - it is a RunRev thing.  It is possible to save
> to an executable in Windows in several different IDE's,
> most notably Borland Delphi.  I can point you towards some
> sample app's that do this if you like...  The only issue with
> this approach, of course, is that it tends to send virus scanners
> into a fit.

...all right, technically it *is* possible to do save to an executable
if you pull the right tricks. That's how resource editors work. Are
you saying that an executable can modify *itself*, though? That would
involve fiddling with runtime permissions at a very deep level, and
I'm not at all convinced you could get away with it.

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-Mark Wieder
 mwieder at ahsoftware.net