program TestMod;

type  TEXEHeader = record
                     EXEID    : Word;  {EXE File identifier          }
                     ByteMod  : Word;  {Load module image size mod512}
                     Pages    : Word;  {File size (inc hdr) div 512  }
                     RelocCnt : Word;  {No. of relocation table items}
                     Size     : Word;  {Header size in 16-byte paras }
                     MinParas : Word;  {Min. No. of paras above prog }
                     MaxParas : Word;  {Max. No. of paras above prog }
                     StackSeg : Word;  {Displacement of stack segment}
                     spreg    : Word;  {Initial SP register value    }
                     CheckSum : Integer;{Negative checksum (unused)  }
                     ipreg    : Word;  {Initial IP register value    }
                     CodeSeg  : Word;  {Displacement of code segment }
                     Reloc1   : Word;  {First relocation item        }
                     ovln     : Word;  {Overlay number               }
                   end;

const MyStr : String = 'Original string in EXE file'; 
      PSPSize = 16; { Size of Program Segment Prefix = 16 paragraphs }
      ParaSize = 16; { 1 paragraph = 16 bytes }
      fmShareDenyWrite = $0020; { EXE File open mode }

var   EXEHdrSize  : Integer;
      EXEName     : String;
      DiskPos     : LongInt;
      F           : File;

procedure GetEXENameAndHdrSize;
var   EXEHdr  : TEXEHeader;
begin EXEName := ParamStr(0);
      Assign(F,EXEName);
      FileMode := fmShareDenyWrite;
      Reset(F,1);
      BlockRead(F,EXEHdr,SizeOf(TEXEHeader));
      close(F);
      EXEHdrSize := EXEHdr.Size;
      end;

procedure RestoreDefaultStr( var S : String );
var   DiskPos : LongInt;
begin assign(F,EXEName);
      FileMode := fmShareDenyWrite;
      reset(F,1);
      DiskPos :=
(Seg(S)-(PrefixSeg+PSPSize)+EXEHdrSize)*ParaSize+Ofs(S);
      seek(F,DiskPos);
      blockread(F,S[0],1); { Find size of default value for string }
      blockread(F,S[1],Integer(S[0])); { Read the string itself }
      close(F);
      end;

procedure SetNewDefaultStr( var S : String );
var   DiskPos : LongInt;
begin assign(F,EXEName);
      FileMode := fmShareDenyWrite;
      rewrite(F,1);
      DiskPos :=
(Seg(S)-(PrefixSeg+PSPSize)+EXEHdrSize)*ParaSize+Ofs(S);
      seek(F,DiskPos);
      blockwrite(F,S[0],Length(S)+1);
      close(f);
      end;


begin

  GetEXENameAndHdrSize;

  writeln(MyStr);            { Show original string value  }

  MyStr := 'Changed in RAM'; { Change string so we can tell}
  Writeln(MyStr);            { if we read EXE file OK.     }

  RestoreDefaultStr( MyStr );{ Read original from EXE file }
  Writeln(MyStr);

  MyStr := 'Written to EXE'; { Change the string and       }
  SetNewDefaultStr( MyStr ); { write new value to EXE file }

  MyStr := 'Temp RAM value'; { Change again so we can test }
  writeln(MyStr);            { if new value read from EXE  }


  RestoreDefaultStr( MyStr );{ Read the value we earlier   }
  Writeln(MyStr);            { wrote to the EXE file.      }

  end.

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