Best way to embed a binary structure so it is linked/compiled in

[alank2 5]

I've been using:

 

unsigned char data[]={
255,216,255,225,7,132,69,120,105,102,0,0,77,77,0,42,0,0,0,8,0,12,1,0,0,3,0,0,0,1,1,144,0,0,1,1,0,3,0,0,0,1,1,11,0,0,1,2,0,3,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,158,1,6,0,3,0,0,0,1,0,2,0,0,1,18,0,3,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,21,0,3,0,0,0,1,0,3,0,0,1,26,0,5,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,164,1,27,
0,5,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,172,1,40,0,3,0,0,0,1,0,2,0,0,1,49,0,2,0,0,0,31,0,0,0,180,1,50,0,2,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,211,135,105,0,4,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,232,0,0,1,32,0,8,0,8,0,8,0,10,252,128,0,0,39,16,0,10,252,128,0,0,39,16,65,100,111,98,101,32,80,104,111,116,111,115,104,

...

};

 

But it is a large amount of data and I wonder if there is a better way?

 

[Remy Lebeau 1436]

Put the raw data into a separate binary file, and then add an .rc script to your project (or use the Resources and Images dialog) to compile the data file as an RCDATA resource in your final executable's resources.  Then, in your code, you can use a TResourceStream whenever you want to access the resource data at runtime. See Resource Files Support (just ignore the part about using a Multi-Device project, this works in a VCL project, too).

Edited March 21, 2023 by Remy Lebeau

[Fr0sT.Brutal 900]

If it's an important part of the code, storing as array is acceptable. RTL itself stores Unicode table in this manner. Just make a conversion tool to not have to edit that array manually

[alank2 5]

Thanks everyone; I'll give the RCDATA thing a try and see how well it works for me.