Required Perlapp tips to import images along with exe files anywhere

ckj has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi All, I'm using few images in one of the GUI created by perl TK. Then I converted that perl script to exe using perlapp. The exe file works fine but if I'm using that exe from other system or from other path then those images are not readable and due to that exe file is also not working. Any body have any idea regarding this? Right now My command to create perl exe file is like this:

perlapp --shared public --norunlib --gui --warnings --verbose --icon C
+:\test.ico --exe "ABC.exe" "abc.pl"
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Re: Required Perlapp tips to import images along with exe files anywhere by zentara (Cardinal) on Jun 16, 2012 at 15:19 UTC
I don't know what command perlapp would need to include external files, but as an alternative, Tk uses the base64encoded format for storing images internally, so it's easy to just Base64encode your images, and include them as data right in your script. If you have many images, you could put them all into a helper module. I did just look at the Perlapp doc, and it says you can use --bind file to include external files. Read the doc link for details. #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Tk; use Tk::PNG; #must load appropriate Tk module for image type use MIME::Base64; #this method works as easy as it does, because #Tk needs it's images to be base64 encoded anyways, #use this to encode #my $file = shift; #open (FH,"< $file") or die $!; #my $photo = do {local $/; <FH>}; #my $content = encode_base64($photo) or die $!; #print $content; #don't forget to '' quote my $bunny = 'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAB4AAAAjEAIAAABcJvHFAAAACXBIWXMAAAsSAAALEgHS3 +X78AAAD F0lEQVR42u1YL+yqUBj1vfcLbhY3C44is8BIREYSG9FoNBqNkok2aFhp2BhJDWyadCZN/i +lOGxan jRdOuRsPxl/f+23vJKfX7x6+73znu5dK5RviV9QPDMMwDIPP7/f7/X6XTWU0Go1Go06n0+ +l0PM/z PC91CNu2bduWZVmW5bLpjsfj8XgcBEEQBJPJZDKZZAw0n8/n8zkCGYZhGIYgCIIgFEt3OB +wOh8OA gKZpmqZlDDedTqfTKRnO933f95GVer1er9fz0BVFURRFxCR3QfyMQfv9fr/fDyLgOI7jON +mo419k JUkMBoPBYJCRNBrxdrvdbrco6qvVarVaIWdFpQO/5tIcFBbE4nQ6nU6nJIpHjlGlEklTFE +VRFDIa T32/3+/3+3jqHMdxHBcfB2sK6HFFURRFeb1er9crfksoNUrr0GvUfxGfnA+FmX+QALDItG +LDA6O2 pQyCJFkPqxMDK2p9LodOAhQaLRjfoKRGo2wObl3G8PoDsA0Gb5Q5oonjfSNKTh96AOh+u9 +1ut1uS FuZrONPJ7bJ06tA9TDDsD6QkCnDltEDRkV1Q9AnENyuk8hcyChkkcZKo5uv1er1er3S6cA +PkFXSx MQodPrXFg2zTEsVANhO2JNdEmVo80ub7K/lSDHPyLkNaXrVarVar2W46LMuyLFsKaZ7neZ +4nvwFR NGKeGjYajUajkXz9z+RLn8/n8/ms/ANIQXq5XC6Xy/v9fr/fvw3p9Xq9Xq9VVVVV9fF4PB +6Pokhc r9fr9Vr6s6Lf4dNpbS6/exQA3BHDt/fkPl3wwT85wlcEcrCHZyHO1tmOSl95iGLcQN80Td +M0jTa1 LMuyLF3XdV03TdM0zWaz2Ww2Xdd1XRenDlDHgTbtvj/ykMZpDm/6LpfL5XLBmGi32+12G6 +Th5RAA Pne73W63iwfGYFosFovF4kOZrtVqtVoN16TD4XA4HPAAKDp5yZUkSZIk1GGz2Ww2m91ut9 +vt0Mof lcfxeDwej7PZbDaboRFbrVar1SJfIsLdYZfn8/l8Pue3y1zyiH9VAMFElb5Yp/+PcvAbH/ +25ox5S PYYAAAAASUVORK5CYII='; my $mw = MainWindow->new(); my $image = $mw->Photo(-data => $bunny); $mw->Label(-image => $image)->pack(-expand => 1, -fill => 'both'); $mw->Button(-text => 'Quit', -command => [destroy => $mw])->pack; #my $content = decode_base64($bunny) or die $!; #print $content; #will print binary gibberish MainLoop; [download] I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: Required Perlapp tips to import images along with exe files anywhere
by zentara (Cardinal) on Jun 16, 2012 at 15:19 UTC

If you have many images, you could put them all into a helper module.

I did just look at the Perlapp doc, and it says you can use --bind file to include external files. Read the doc link for details.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Tk;
use Tk::PNG;  #must load appropriate Tk module for image type
use MIME::Base64;

#this method works as easy as it does, because
#Tk needs it's images to be base64 encoded anyways,

#use this to encode
#my $file = shift;
#open (FH,"< $file") or die $!;
#my $photo = do {local $/; <FH>};
#my $content = encode_base64($photo) or die $!; 
#print $content;

#don't forget to '' quote
my $bunny = 
'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAB4AAAAjEAIAAABcJvHFAAAACXBIWXMAAAsSAAALEgHS3
+X78AAAD
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my $mw  = MainWindow->new();
my $image = $mw->Photo(-data => $bunny);
$mw->Label(-image => $image)->pack(-expand => 1, -fill => 'both');
$mw->Button(-text => 'Quit', -command => [destroy => $mw])->pack;

#my $content = decode_base64($bunny) or die $!;
#print $content; #will print binary gibberish

MainLoop;
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