[Lazarus] "Execute before" is executed after resource generation?

[Luca Olivetti]

El 23/5/24 a les 12:40, Mattias Gaertner via lazarus ha escrit:
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> On 5/22/24 15:03, Luca Olivetti via lazarus wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to use the "Compiler commands" -> "Execute before" to 
>> generate a file that will be embedded as a resource in the executable, 
>> but it seems the command is executed after the resources are compiled 
>> (there's a message complaining that the file is not found and in fact 
>> when I execute the program the resource is not available).
>> Is there a way around it, other than executing the command manually?
> 
> If you mean the project .res file:
> That is updated on save, which is independent of compile.

Ouch, so my projects that embed files as resources (and I also added 
those files to the project to be sure they're tracked by lazarus) are 
working by pure luck.
Or not, since a save happens anyway when the file is modified with the 
lazarus editor and I use compile or build, right?
What happens if I edit the file with an external editor, it's not 
currently opened in lazarus (so it won't prompt me to reload it) and I 
press compile/build/run? Will the .res be regenerated or not?
As I said, for the problem at hand I changed the logic, but I'd like to 
be sure that my project work by design and not by chance.

Bye

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