README.md

node-resourcehacker

Node module to edit windows executable resources (icons, ...) This is a simple node wrapper of Resource Hacker

OS Support

Windows

Works natively on windows

Linux & Mac OS X

Works if wine is installed

Note: even if it is fully command line, it requires a X server to work. You can use Xvfb :

xvfb-run resourcehacker args

`xvfb-run node yourscript.js

xvfb-run grunt yourtask

Usage

Command line

npm install -g resourcehacker

resourcehacker -add ExeFileName, ResultingFileName, ResourceAddress, ResourceType, ResourceName,
resourcehacker -addskip ExeFileName, ResultingFileName, ResourceAddress, ResourceType, ResourceName,
resourcehacker -addoverwrite ExeFileName, ResultingFileName, ResourceAddress, ResourceType, ResourceName,
resourcehacker -modify ExeFileName, ResultingFileName, ResourceAddress, ResourceType, ResourceName,
resourcehacker -extract ExeFileName, ResourceAddress, ResourceType, ResourceName,
resourcehacker -delete ExeFileName, ResultingFileName, ResourceType, ResourceName,

Node JS

npm install resourcehacker

var resourcehacker = require("resourcehacker");

resourcehacker("-add ExeFileName, ResultingFileName, ResourceAddress, ResourceType, ResourceName,", callback);
resourcehacker("-addskip ExeFileName, ResultingFileName, ResourceAddress, ResourceType, ResourceName,", callback);
resourcehacker("-addoverwrite ExeFileName, ResultingFileName, ResourceAddress, ResourceType, ResourceName,", callback);
resourcehacker("-modify ExeFileName, ResultingFileName, ResourceAddress, ResourceType, ResourceName,", callback);
resourcehacker("-extract ExeFileName, ResourceAddress, ResourceType, ResourceName,", callback);
resourcehacker("-delete ExeFileName, ResultingFileName, ResourceType, ResourceName,", callback);

Grunt

npm install resourcehacker --save-dev

grunt.loadNpmTasks('resourcehacker');
...
grunt.initConfig({
	...
	"resourcehacker": {
		your_target: {
			command: "-add ExeFileName, ResultingFileName, ResourceAddress, ResourceType, ResourceName,"
		}
	}
	...
});

Credits

Thanks to Angus Johnson for his amazing work on Resource Hacker