cpprc

Description

C++ resource compiler. cpprc will generate a C++ source file (along with the corresponding header file) that embeds any given data file and provides a Resource class which gives access to this data. The Resource class can be created in two flavours: one using STL streams, the other is using WxWidgets streams.

If you know "qtrc" of the famous QT toolkit, then you know what this tool is doing too.

Download

Latest version: cpprc-0.4.3.tar.bz2

The development version is available on GitHub.
You may easily clone the project by running:

$ git clone git://github.com/markusfisch/cpprc

Requirements

This tool should run on any system that has a decent C++ compiler.

Installation

1. Download tarball above

2. Unpack tarball:

   $ tar xjvf cpprc-x.x.x.tar.bz2

3. Change into the new directory "cpprc" and compile it by:

   $ cd cpprc
   $ make

4. Place the executable somewhere in your path, i.e. for a local install try:

   $ mv cpprc ~/bin

   Or, if you want to make the program available for all users, do this as root:

   $ mv cpprc /usr/local/bin

Configuration

There is no configuration necessary.

If you are using Makefiles and (at least) a *nix-like environment and have your resources in a subdirectory called say "data", you can do something like this in your Makefile:

resources:
	if ! [ -f Resources.cpp ] || \
		[ "`find data/ -newer Resources.cpp`" ]; then \
		cpprc -f wxWidgets -o Resources `find data/ -type f`; \
	fi

License

Cpprc is open source and licensed under the MIT license.