Hello! I want to read data from my executable files. This data is appended to the file, and would like to read it directly instead of loading another copy of the file. I'm think on using a function like this:

function  PeekExeByte(Byte2Get: Integer): byte;
Begin
  If Byte2Get < 1 then Exit;
  Result := byte(pointer(Hinstance+Byte2Get-1)^);
End;

Should work on Windows, but I'd like to know if you see any problems I could have with other platforms?

Thanks in advance!
-Marco

If you really talk about just appending data at the end of the executable file, I wouldn't expect this to work on any platform except the most primitive ones (like .COM files at DOS times), because most operating systems define structure of the executable file and only load into memory the parts they really need. There are other ways for doing this like directly embedding your data as constants in your program (using something like data2inc), adding data as resources, using standalone data file instead of misusing the EXE file, etc.

Tomas