Load values from end of file (exe)

Hello.

I'm writing an application which saving some values to EXE file.
I wrote 'SaveToEXE' function.

Now I've got a problem.
How to read saved values in EXE file? Values are stored at the end of the file. How to read this string:

Attachment 11312

I found the function LoadFromEXE, but in Delphi:

Code:

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FUNCTION LoadFromFile(FName: string): string;
var
F: File of Byte;
I: Integer;
begin
Result := '';
AssignFile(F, FName);
FileMode := fmOpenRead;
Reset(F);
try
Seek(F, FileSize(F) - SizeOf(I));
BlockRead(F, I, SizeOf(I));
if (I < SizeOf(I)) or (I > FileSize(F)) then
Exit;
Seek(F, FileSize(F) - I);
SetLength(Result, I - SizeOf(I));
BlockRead(F, Result[1], Length(Result));
XXX := Result;
finally
CloseFile(F);
end;
end;

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How to do it in C++?

// Sorry for my english.

Greetings,
Kirgeron

If you're just learning C++ perhaps you should start on something a little easier. However, since the exe file is just a file, you could open it (in binary mode) and either seek to a fixed number of bytes from the end (easiest) or seek to the end and search backwards for a delimiter to find your data. But why would you want to do this anyway?

What does SaveToEXE look like? Knowing will make it a lot easier to getLoadFromEXE correct.
Also, do you know about program resources? They are the correct way to deal with this kind of thing.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by oogabooga

But why would you want to do this anyway?

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You'd want to do it if you're writing a virus that appends its own code and resources to the end of an executable.