40: How can I write
(brand) something into my executables?
Here is the actual question that led me to
writing this item:
'I
am very interested in the .EXE
"branding"
techniques you use in
your TSUNTI unit. Would it be possible to
get hold of the
source
code for that unit, as it would save me from
having to
re-invent
the wheel?'
A: What you are referring to is BRANDEXE Store information within your program's .exe file (MS- DOS 3.0+) CHKSUMFN Checksum self-test to detect any tampering (MS- DOS 3.0+) USECOUNT Get the number of times the program has been used Sorry no, I don't want to distribute my source codes from ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/turbopas/ts/tspa3470.zip. Besides they would be less useful to you than you may think because internally my programs are in Finnish, comments, variable and procedure names, and all. But I can hopefully help you by giving a reference to a similar code. Please see Ohlsen & Stoker, Turbo Pascal Advanced Techniques, Que, 1989, p. 420.
