What's the simpliest most efficient way to store a file in an application? Is it in a blob or what?

And how do I get this file out as a constant if necesery?

: What's the simpliest most efficient way to store a file in an application? Is it in a blob or what?
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: And how do I get this file out as a constant if necesery?
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I usually append the file at the end of the executable itself. This way it becomes a kind of resource. Then you can read the executable from the final byte of the compiled executable to the end of the file.

: : What's the simpliest most efficient way to store a file in an application? Is it in a blob or what?
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: : And how do I get this file out as a constant if necesery?
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: I usually append the file at the end of the executable itself. This way it becomes a kind of resource. Then you can read the executable from the final byte of the compiled executable to the end of the file.
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How do I do that?

: : : What's the simpliest most efficient way to store a file in an application? Is it in a blob or what?
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: : : And how do I get this file out as a constant if necesery?
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: : I usually append the file at the end of the executable itself. This way it becomes a kind of resource. Then you can read the executable from the final byte of the compiled executable to the end of the file.
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: How do I do that?
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Open the executable using a TFileStream. Seek the end of the file, and write the data-file to that stream. The best way is to use some recognizable prefix to separate the executable from the data-file.
When the executable runs, open itself as a data file, then find that prefix and read the data-file.