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Open a program from Resource
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:24 pm
by NeedHelp
How can i open a program from Resource?
Re: Open a program from Resource
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:31 pm
by NoWayIn
The best way ( as said by CodenStuff" ) is to extract the EXE and then run it
I haven't seen a program being launch from inside another program.
anyways, here's how you extract it from your program and then run it
Code: Select allIO.File.WriteAllBytes("C:\NameOfFileToSaveAs.exe", My.Resources.NameOfApplicationResource)
Process.Start("C:\NameOfFileToSaveAs.exe")
You can thank CodenStuff for that code!
Re: Open a program from Resource
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 7:25 pm
by mandai
You can run .Net functions from an exe/dll resource file, though running non-.net programs is a bit harder.
Code: Select allDim cur As Assembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(GetType(Module1))
Dim s As Stream = cur.GetManifestResourceStream("ConsoleApplication1.test.exe")
If s Is Nothing Then
MsgBox("can't find your exe in embedded resources.")
Return
End If
Dim ProgBytes(s.Length) As Byte
s.Read(ProgBytes, 0, ProgBytes.Length)
s.Close()
Dim nxt As Assembly = Assembly.Load(ProgBytes)
Dim method As MethodInfo = nxt.EntryPoint
Dim inst As Object = nxt.CreateInstance(method.Name)
method.Invoke(inst, Nothing)