COMMON: Add a function to simplify loading Windows executables

2 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/common/winexe.cpp b/common/winexe.cpp
index fd1d565036..ad6ff96505 100644
--- a/common/winexe.cpp
+++ b/common/winexe.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include "common/memstream.h"
 #include "common/str.h"
 #include "common/winexe.h"
+#include "common/winexe_ne.h"
+#include "common/winexe_pe.h"
 
 namespace Common {
 
@@ -160,4 +162,25 @@ bool WinResources::loadFromCompressedEXE(const String &fileName) {
 	return loadFromEXE(stream);
 }
 
+
+WinResources *WinResources::createFromEXE(const String &fileName) {
+	WinResources *exe;
+
+	// First try loading via the NE code
+	exe = new Common::NEResources();
+	if (exe->loadFromEXE(fileName)) {
+		return exe;
+	}
+	delete exe;
+
+	// Then try loading via the PE code
+	exe = new Common::PEResources();
+	if (exe->loadFromEXE(fileName)) {
+		return exe;
+	}
+	delete exe;
+
+	return nullptr;
+}
+
 } // End of namespace Common
diff --git a/common/winexe.h b/common/winexe.h
index cdbc0f6d13..2b81a33261 100644
--- a/common/winexe.h
+++ b/common/winexe.h
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ public:
 	virtual SeekableReadStream *getResource(const WinResourceID &type, const WinResourceID &id, const WinResourceID &lang) {
 		return getResource(type, id);
 	}
+
+	static WinResources *createFromEXE(const String &fileName);
 };
 
 } // End of namespace Common