Compile a new EXE from within an Application

[Samm]

Hi guys, I won't go into detail yet as this may not be possible!
I want to know if the following is possible.

Have a form, and have two input's. 1) a URL text box 2) An Image selector 3) Text

When the user types a URL, and selects an image, the user presses a button.

When the button is pressed, a new EXE is created with the Image as an Icon, and the Text and the Label.. When clicked, it will open the URL.

In a nut shell, is this possible, if so, can you point me in the direction? If it's not possible..Please say and I'll look into other options.


Thanks!

Edit; Just thought, or of course, to create a 'short cut' may work too??

[ident]

Its possible but it does help if you explain why. We could possible find a better solution.

[Samm]

I think for that, my best solution would be to just create a normal shortcut? Only problem with that would be embedding an icon.

I'll swing by the forums tomorrow and I'll explain the whole situation as there's a few different parts that I need to solve.

Thanks for taking the time to reply! :-)

The project has a a few different stages which require a few different solutions to an issue and I'll be able to explain better when I'm not so tired.

Thanks again.

[Samm]

Ok, the main application has controls to allow the input of an ; Image, Text, and URL.

This user can then press a button, which will take this data, and using variables, insert it into a chunk of code. This is the code that then needs to be a new EXE, with the image embedded.

This new EXE can then be distributed among users and once clicked, will either; create a shortcut on the desktop OR create a new Windows Tile shortcut, or both; depending what the original user chose.

My main reason for this way is so the shortcut can be created with a custom icon (as embedded in the new exe).

I hope this makes sense.

[Samm]

I'm still looking for a solution to this... Either a new exe, or some how get a new file created, with the image, which can execute some code to create the shortcut etc.

Would I maybe be able to achieve this with an executable self extracting archive?

In the archive, have the image, and an application that can be launched with parameters via a bat file?