Creating a .exe with changed variables

[jonit]

hello

I want to create a program that could develop an another program with a specified variable

eg:

I got 2 programs: Tool Builder and myTool


For myTool, is designed a variable called URLpath, that is used for open a url in IE.

So, i open tool builder, write this variable in a text field( for exemple, www.google.com), and then click on COMPILE, so, i'll create the myTool)

When i run mytool, www.google.com will open

...

How can i make this?

[jeroen79]

If you want to open a specific url then a windows shortcut will do.

If you include a constant in a program then that constant's data will be included in the exe.
You can change it with a hexeditor. String constants should be easy to spot.

If you make an exe that opens some url then your builder program can change a string inside that exe.
Which, BTW, is not compiling.

A better option would be to make mytool.exe accept commandline parameters and create a shortcut with the right parameters.
Or make it read a file with settings.

Why do you want to do this?

[jonit]

i dont want to make a url program, it was just an exemple
:P


I didnt understand how can i make this :/ ( i cant use .ini or commandlines)

Can i change the string Directly by the tool builder?

firstly, how can i create a exe with my App running?

[MartinLiss]

i dont want to make a url program, it was just an exemple
:P


I didnt understand how can i make this :/ ( i cant use .ini or commandlines)

Can i change the string Directly by the tool builder?

firstly, how can i create a exe with my App running?

You can't.

[jonit]

Why not? :X

[gavio]

Exactly with you app probobally not, but you can always call the compiler.

[MartinLiss]

It's just one of those things that's not possible.

[jeroen79]

Commandline parameters given to the program when it was started can called with Command.
It is a string containing the parameters that you can process.

Ini files are just textfiles where you store data.

i dont want to make a url program, it was just an exemple
:P

Then what exactly do you want?

[DigiRev]

It is possible.

Except it's not really making an EXE from scratch, (you would need a compiler). You make 2 EXEs, one that "modifies" the other one, and one that reads from itself.

I wrote an example on here along time ago, it might be what you're looking for.

See this thread:

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=332646