[RESOLVED] How do you permanently embed a bitmap into an executable?

[kmkkra]

Compiler = Dev-C++ V 4.9.9.2.
Operating System = Windows Vista


Hello, and good day.

I am a novice Win32 via C++ programmer, and I was wanting to know how to embed a bitmap or any file type for that matter - into one compiled executable. So I want to merge multiple files into one compiled executable.

I am a complete novice and I really don't know a lot about programming so I think that it would seriously help me learn if I saw a small working example of code. The code would have to be very simple and down to the bare bones. So anything that is not necessary should be left out, and anything that can be simplified should be.

If for some reason a small working example is not feasible then I would appreciate the names and descriptions of the functions or processes necessary in order to achieve this.

I have searched the web and this forum and I can't seem to find a good example on this topic. I searched the words custom resource, embed, merge, binary... Perhaps I just don't know what to look for.


---------I just asked a question a few days ago so I don't believe I deserve anymore help for now. But I just want to say that after searching this forum I have observed that a lot of the respondents on this forum seem to very helpful and nice. Some forums are not like this. I just want to say that even if no one helps me, you guys still seem pretty cool.

---------The best of wishes to you all in every endeavor!