[Gambas-user] is possible to "inglobe" data (audio, video, etc) into gambas code?

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 19/09/2023 à 19:59, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> 
> 
> On Tue, 19 Sept 2023 at 16:39, <roberto.premoli at tiscali.it 
> <mailto:roberto.premoli at tiscali.it>> wrote:
> 
>     Il 17.09.2023 14:00 Bruce Steers ha scritto:
> 
>      > On Sun, 17 Sept 2023 at 00:48, wrote:
>      >
>      >> hello,
>      >> my need is ti advise the user with sound: i just discovered how to
>      >> play
>      >> a audio with
>      >>
>      >> music.load("/path/to/clip.mp3")
>      >> music.play()
>      >>
>      >> and it run smooth.
>      >>
>      >> Anyway, it coud happen that clip.mp3 can be corrupted, deleted, etc.
>      >>
>      >> So the qeustion is:
>      >>
>      >> it is possible to "inglobe" int into the source code of gambas?
>      >>
>      >> it will allow me to avoid to manage the extenal clip.mp3 because it
>      >> will be always inside the program.
>      >>
>      >> As alternative, is possible to generate some advise sound
>     equivalent
>      >> to
>      >> "allert", "incamig call", "new mail", etc with primitive of gambas
>      >> without use external audio sounds clip?
>      >>
>      >> Thanks,
>      >> Roberto
>      >
>      > do you just mean "include" your sound files with the executable?
>      > that is fairly simple.
>      > Just create a folder in your project directory, for example "sounds"
>      > (you
>      > must not use .hidden folder names unless it's name is .public)
>      > Put your clip.mp3 file into the sounds folder then access it like
>      > this..
>      > music.load("./sounds/clip.mp3")
>      > or
>      > music.load("sounds/clip.mp3")
>      > BruceS
> 
>     i already did this, but it is not "INSIDE" the code, is still a
>     separate file.
>     it is "WITH" the executable, i want it "INSIDE" the executable. is it
>     possible?
> 
> 
> Yes it should be inside the executable.
> 
> It will not be included if it's name begins with a dot like .my_mp3.mp3
> It will not be included if it's folder name begins with a dot like 
> .my_mp3s/My_.mp3
> 
> otherwise the file should be inside the executable.
> 
> you can read the executables contents using gba3 -l
> eg.
> gba3 -l /my/dir/My_Project.gambas
> 
> if your mp3's are not hidden or in a hidden folder then they should be 
> inside and accessible with the uri's i previously mentioned.
> 
> Post a sample project where the mp3 is not being inside the executable 
> and i'll see if i can find the issue.
> 
> Respects
> BruceS
> 

Note that if you use Music.Load(), as this SDL function cannot read 
inside Gambas archive, a copy of the file is done in the process 
temporary directory so that SDL can use it.

Regards,

-- 
Benoît Minisini.