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

[Marc Weustink]

In this case, don't use the project.res, but use your own. You can include multiple resource files. So you can generate it before.

Marc

On May 23, 2024 1:32:06 PM GMT+02:00, Luca Olivetti via lazarus <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
>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.
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>Bye
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