Patent ID: 8522205

Claim:
A method of packaging multiple groups of read-only files, the method comprising: preparing a plurality of executable files by use of at least one processor, each executable file corresponding to a group of read-only files, each executable file comprising an array, the array having been declared in a source file corresponding to said each executable file, to have a size based at least on (A) total size of data in the group of read-only files corresponding to said each executable file and (B) a size of a name of each read-only file in the group; overwriting the array in said each executable file with data from the group of read-only files corresponding to said each executable file; and adding, to an application program, a plurality of instructions to set up an index in a computer that is to execute said application program, when set up said index to be indicative of presence or absence of said each executable file in said computer.