I'm new to resources with coding. I just want to create a standalone exe that has a couple of png images bundled inside of it.
Is there a way to do this? I have tried setting the build action of the images to embedded resource but when the program is compiled there seems to be no exe at all. I'm sure there's a simple way that this is done.
Use My.Resources. Don't add the image files to the project in the Solution Explorer yourself. Open the project properties and add the files on the Resources page. If you add Image1.png and Image2.png then you can access them in code using My.Resources.Image1 and My.Resources.Image2. You don't have to do anything extra.
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I have a project using react-native. When ready to upgrade the js bundle file, I come across a problem: In this upgrading, I need add some image resouce, so I have to copy the dest file to the src/main/res/ folder and regenerate the project. It's seem not so 'dynamically'.The second way is encoding the image resource using base64; it's work but ugly，especially there are lots of images. Certainly I could use network Images as react-native document describes, but it's 'expensively'. So is another way that loading new static images and needn't regenerate the project?
<Image source={require('./intro.png')} />
You can require images just like you require js files.
In the above example intro.png would be in the same folder as the js file.
Hope that helps
I made a user interface using Qt Designer qith Qt 5.0.1, and I used icons from a resource file. After compiling, the executable runs perfectly fine, and the icons are displayed as expected. However, when I run the programme on a different computer, they mysteriously disappear, and I am not able to get them back.
What can be the reason for this? I thought that the resources where hard-coded in the executable after compilation, but that may be wrong. In any case, I find it very peculiar that wherever I move the executable, it displays the icons on my own computer, but not on another one's.
I think you're missing some plugins. If you're using Windows and your icons are .ico type files, you need to copy the qico.dll file from the imageformats folder located somewhere in your Qt folder (something like C:\Qt\Qt5.0.1\5.0.1\mingw47_32\plugins\imageformats) to a subdir called imageformats that you create inside the directory that contains your deployed .exe file.
I'd like to create a folder/file (similar to how the .app files/folders work) so that I can have a directory within my file. But still show the document icon that I setup via the xcode project interface under the info panel.
No idea how to go about this, any ideas?
Solution:
So basically, you just hit an option in Xcode under the document saying that you do want it to be a bundle. Then you just create a folder with the extension you have in your document (info.plist). Thanks y'all.
I think what you are looking for are Packages.
See About Bundles and Document Packages for more details.
I've got a 'Main app' and a 'Helper app' (sandboxed, if that matters) that share a private framework including some resources, nib files, sound files etc.
The framework gets called and used by both apps without issues. However from within in the Framework code I have a NSViewController that loads a nib file which is included in its resource folder. This seems to work as long as its called by the 'Main app'. Doing the same with the Helper app (a login item) however does not work and fails with an "Unable to find nib named" error.
The actual 'Framework' is copied to the Main app's 'Frameworks' directory and I use a #rpath in the helper app to find the framework: #executable_path/../../../../Frameworks
This setup seems to work just fine however at runtime it seems the frameworks code tries to find the named Resource under the helper app's Resource folder and not under the Framework's resource folder. Is there a setting or some flag that I can set in xcode to make the framework's always look under the exact path where the framework's executable/library is installed?
It seems the only solution is to copy the framework to the 'Helper' app as well. Resources otherwise do not get loaded if the framework was just a symbolic link to the actual framework placed inside the main app.
What you can do is making your Framework dynamic or shared like described here Dynamic Library Programming Topics
Though it is a bit of a complex process, but a very nice feature.
What else can help you?
Perhaps editing the Library Search Paths or the Framework Search Paths under your Build Settings in Xcode. there you can specify additional search paths to look for.
Even though, I would not copy the Framework to the Main app's dir. I would leave it in one place on your disk, add them to your project (Main and helper) and add the specified search path.
By the way: How is your framework implemented? Is it a folder, is it compiled, or is it only code files?
I'm new with Cocoa / Objective-C development and I have a question.
Last week I had to create a SWF based Screensaver for Mac, and as I didn't find a free-compatible solution for Mac OS X Snow Leopard / Lion, I created a .saver bundle with Xcode 4. It creates inside a webview and loads inside the SWF file.
You must place the SWF file inside the Resources folder inside the bundle to make it work with different SWFs.
And now, I'm trying to code a Cocoa Application to do it automatically.
It has a simple user interface so as the user can select a SWF file. Then the code makes a copy of my previously build .saver file (I have the path hardcoded), places inside it a copy of the SWF file, and saves it where the user indicates in a save panel.
And here comes my question. Now I have the path of the .saver file hardcoded, but I need to have it as a Resource inside my app. Would it be possible? How could I use/access it?
Thanks for your help and time!
Your application already has at least one resource, assuming you didn't delete the MainMenu nib. Add your .saver bundle to that build phase. In the app's code, get the URL to the screen-saver bundle the usual way.