BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  How to "brand" an app?          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Thirdparty Tools (General) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message David Guest Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:03 am    Post subject: How to "brand" an app? What are my options for tagging or branding an app? In my particular instance, I simply need to be able to stuff an ID code into a ResourceString or something similar with minimal effort. (I'm using D6.) I don't imagine this application will be prone to hacking, as there's no particular benefit in doing so. I simply want a way to "tag" an app for a particular user without having to do it at compile time. A batch process for making copies of the app and tagging each of them with IDs from a list is what's really needed. Back to top Kim G. Pedersen Guest Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:03 am    Post subject: Re: How to "brand" an app? Hello David, I did make a Constant in the program , which would be a uniq combination of numbers const IDstr='balskdjfsldbfsldkfjsadbfasdih55ioieurwer7934uiwedd333kjf'. and then I made a little program open the exe file search and replacing the balskdjfsldbfsldkfjsadbfasdih55ioieurwer7934uiwedd333kjf -> 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 Just make sure it has the same length. (I did check the file , that it only had one appearence of the constant It was a fast and dirty way , but it worked perfect. Hth Kim Quote: What are my options for tagging or branding an app? In my particular instance, I simply need to be able to stuff an ID code into a ResourceString or something similar with minimal effort. (I'm using D6.) I don't imagine this application will be prone to hacking, as there's no particular benefit in doing so. I simply want a way to "tag" an app for a particular user without having to do it at compile time. A batch process for making copies of the app and tagging each of them with IDs from a list is what's really needed. Back to top Finn Tolderlund Guest Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:03 am    Post subject: Re: How to "brand" an app? Create a file containing your brand ID. Then in a command prompt type the command: "copy /b myapp.exe + brand.txt newapp.exe" Type it without the quotes. Now you have an exe file with your brand-id tagged at the end which you can view with any file/hex viewer. -- Finn Tolderlund "David" <no.spam.digloo (AT) yahooXX (DOT) com> skrev i en meddelelse news:4437785d$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: What are my options for tagging or branding an app? In my particular instance, I simply need to be able to stuff an ID code into a ResourceString or something similar with minimal effort. (I'm using D6.) I don't imagine this application will be prone to hacking, as there's no particular benefit in doing so. I simply want a way to "tag" an app for a particular user without having to do it at compile time. A batch process for making copies of the app and tagging each of them with IDs from a list is what's really needed. Back to top David Guest Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:03 am    Post subject: Re: How to "brand" an app? Sorry I wasn't clear... I need to get access to the branded value from within the program. "Finn Tolderlund" <no (AT) spam (DOT) dk> wrote: Quote: Create a file containing your brand ID. Then in a command prompt type the command: "copy /b myapp.exe + brand.txt newapp.exe" Type it without the quotes. Now you have an exe file with your brand-id tagged at the end which you can view with any file/hex viewer. -- Finn Tolderlund "David" <no.spam.digloo (AT) yahooXX (DOT) com> skrev i en meddelelse news:4437785d$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... What are my options for tagging or branding an app? In my particular instance, I simply need to be able to stuff an ID code into a ResourceString or something similar with minimal effort. (I'm using D6.) I don't imagine this application will be prone to hacking, as there's no particular benefit in doing so. I simply want a way to "tag" an app for a particular user without having to do it at compile time. A batch process for making copies of the app and tagging each of them with IDs from a list is what's really needed. Back to top David Guest Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:03 am    Post subject: Re: How to "brand" an app? That's an interesting approach. I'll have to try it. Thanks! Kim G. Pedersen <kimgrundahl (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: Quote: Hello David, I did make a Constant in the program , which would be a uniq combination of numbers const IDstr='balskdjfsldbfsldkfjsadbfasdih55ioieurwer7934uiwedd333kjf'. and then I made a little program open the exe file search and replacing the balskdjfsldbfsldkfjsadbfasdih55ioieurwer7934uiwedd333kjf - 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 Just make sure it has the same length. (I did check the file , that it only had one appearence of the constant It was a fast and dirty way , but it worked perfect. Hth Kim What are my options for tagging or branding an app? In my particular instance, I simply need to be able to stuff an ID code into a ResourceString or something similar with minimal effort. (I'm using D6.) I don't imagine this application will be prone to hacking, as there's no particular benefit in doing so. I simply want a way to "tag" an app for a particular user without having to do it at compile time. A batch process for making copies of the app and tagging each of them with IDs from a list is what's really needed. Back to top Finn Tolderlund Guest Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:03 am    Post subject: Re: How to "brand" an app? What's stopping you from doing that? -- Finn Tolderlund "David" <adsfasdf (AT) dasdfad (DOT) com> skrev i en meddelelse news:44386ba7$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Sorry I wasn't clear... I need to get access to the branded value from within the program. "Finn Tolderlund" <no (AT) spam (DOT) dk> wrote: Create a file containing your brand ID. Then in a command prompt type the command: "copy /b myapp.exe + brand.txt newapp.exe" Type it without the quotes. Now you have an exe file with your brand-id tagged at the end which you can view with any file/hex viewer. -- Finn Tolderlund "David" <no.spam.digloo (AT) yahooXX (DOT) com> skrev i en meddelelse news:4437785d$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... What are my options for tagging or branding an app? In my particular instance, I simply need to be able to stuff an ID code into a ResourceString or something similar with minimal effort. (I'm using D6.) I don't imagine this application will be prone to hacking, as there's no particular benefit in doing so. I simply want a way to "tag" an app for a particular user without having to do it at compile time. A batch process for making copies of the app and tagging each of them with IDs from a list is what's really needed. Back to top Nils Haeck Guest Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:03 pm    Post subject: Re: How to "brand" an app? Quote: Sorry I wasn't clear... I need to get access to the branded value from within the program. F := TFileStream.Create(Application.ExeName, fmRead or fmShareDenyWrite); try F.Seek(- <length of your addition>, soFromEnd); // your stuff is here, use F.Read finally F.Free; end; Nils Back to top bill Guest Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:05 am    Post subject: Re: How to "brand" an app? One of my favorite fun sites is G.A. Carpenter's ExeMod. http://www.geocities.com/gacarpenter386/ It's not hard to implement (several examples available). You can do strange & geeky things to your EXE. I would think branding with it would be easy but I've never used it for that purpose. Bill "David" <no.spam.digloo (AT) yahooXX (DOT) com> wrote in message news:4437785d$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: What are my options for tagging or branding an app? In my particular instance, I simply need to be able to stuff an ID code into a ResourceString or something similar with minimal effort. (I'm using D6.) I don't imagine this application will be prone to hacking, as there's no particular benefit in doing so. I simply want a way to "tag" an app for a particular user without having to do it at compile time. A batch process for making copies of the app and tagging each of them with IDs from a list is what's really needed. Back to top Yuri Rai Guest Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:03 am    Post subject: Re: How to "brand" an app? Quote: What are my options for tagging or branding an app? In my particular instance, I simply need to be able to stuff an ID code into a ResourceString or something similar with minimal effort. (I'm using D6.) 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