In this case, don't use the project.res, but use your own. You can include multiple resource files. So you can generate it before.
Marc On May 23, 2024 1:32:06 PM GMT+02:00, Luca Olivetti via lazarus <lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote: >El 23/5/24 a les 12:40, Mattias Gaertner via lazarus ha escrit: >> >> >> On 5/22/24 15:03, Luca Olivetti via lazarus wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm trying to use the "Compiler commands" -> "Execute before" to generate a >>> file that will be embedded as a resource in the executable, but it seems >>> the command is executed after the resources are compiled (there's a message >>> complaining that the file is not found and in fact when I execute the >>> program the resource is not available). >>> Is there a way around it, other than executing the command manually? >> >> If you mean the project .res file: >> That is updated on save, which is independent of compile. > >Ouch, so my projects that embed files as resources (and I also added those >files to the project to be sure they're tracked by lazarus) are working by >pure luck. >Or not, since a save happens anyway when the file is modified with the lazarus >editor and I use compile or build, right? >What happens if I edit the file with an external editor, it's not currently >opened in lazarus (so it won't prompt me to reload it) and I press >compile/build/run? Will the .res be regenerated or not? >As I said, for the problem at hand I changed the logic, but I'd like to be >sure that my project work by design and not by chance. > >Bye > -- _______________________________________________ lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
