Do not recompress 7zs on every build

.gitignore

@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ x64/
 Rectify11Installer/Resources/*.7z
 *.tmp
 
-!Resources
+!Resources
+Resources/DoNotBuild.txt

Rectify11Installer/Rectify11Installer.csproj

@@ -387,14 +387,6 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
   </Target>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <PreBuildEvent>echo building archives..
-cd /D "$(SolutionDir)Resources\Files\"
-$(SolutionDir)Resources\Tools\7z.exe a "$(ProjectDir)Resources\files.7z" * -mx9 -ssp
-
-cd /D "$(SolutionDir)Resources\Extras\"
-$(SolutionDir)Resources\Tools\7z.exe a "$(ProjectDir)Resources\extras.7z" * -mx9 -ssp
-
-cd /D "$(SolutionDir)Resources\Themes\"
-$(SolutionDir)Resources\Tools\7z.exe a "$(ProjectDir)Resources\themes.7z" * -mx9 -ssp</PreBuildEvent>
+    <PreBuildEvent>call $(SolutionDir)Resources\Tools\rebuild_archives.bat "$(SolutionDir)" "$(ProjectDir)"</PreBuildEvent>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>

Resources/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Resources
+This directory contains all of Rectify11's assets. 
+
+The icons are located in the Files folder, stored in .res files. .res files can be open in Resource Hacker.
+> [!CAUTION]
+> Make sure to delete DoNotBuild.txt in the resources folder so that the changes would be built.

Resources/Tools/rebuild_archives.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+@echo off
+REM This script generates the files.7z, extras.7z, and themes.7z needed for the Rectify11 installer
+
+REM load command line arguments
+set SolutionDir=%1
+set ProjectDir=%2
+
+REM Validate command line
+if not exist %SolutionDir% (
+echo bad solution directory argument
+exit /b 1
+)
+
+if not exist %ProjectDir% (
+echo bad project directory argument
+exit /b 1
+goto exit
+)
+
+REM Check if we already built them
+if not exist "%ProjectDir%Resources\files.7z" (
+goto build_archives
+)
+if not exist "%ProjectDir%Resources\extras.7z" (
+goto build_archives
+)
+if not exist "%ProjectDir%Resources\themes.7z" (
+goto build_archives
+)
+if exist "%SolutionDir%Resources\DoNotBuild.txt" (
+echo Skipping building archives as DoNotBuild.txt exists
+goto exit
+)
+
+REM build the archives
+:build_archives
+echo building archives as DoNotBuild.txt doesn't exist
+cd /D "%SolutionDir%Resources\Files\"
+%SolutionDir%Resources\Tools\7z.exe a "%ProjectDir%Resources\files.7z" * -mx9 -ssp
+if not %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
+echo Failed to compress files.7z
+exit /b
+)
+cd /D "%SolutionDir%Resources\Extras\"
+%SolutionDir%Resources\Tools\7z.exe a "%ProjectDir%Resources\extras.7z" * -mx9 -ssp
+if not %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
+echo Failed to compress extras.7z
+exit /b
+)
+cd /D "%SolutionDir%Resources\Themes\"
+%SolutionDir%Resources\Tools\7z.exe a "%ProjectDir%Resources\themes.7z" * -mx9 -ssp
+if not %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
+echo Failed to compress themes.7z
+exit /b
+)
+
+echo "Delete this file to recompress the archives" > %SolutionDir%Resources\DoNotBuild.txt
+
+:exit