How to not include texture in exe folder - c++

Question

I'm doing some sfml project for school and teacher wants only the .exe program. I'm using Visual Studio 2017. In this project I'm using texture from .jpg file
sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(640, 480, 32), "Kurs SFML ");
sf::Texture texture;
texture.loadFromFile("wood.jpg");
sf::Sprite pic;
pic.setTexture(texture);
while (window.isOpen())
{
sf::Event event;
while (window.pollEvent(event))
{
if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
window.close();
}
window.clear();
window.draw(pic);
window.display();
This file ( wood.jpg ) needs to be to in the same folder as project to show this texture otherwise it only shows black screen. When I checked the .exe program which is in another folder, it also needs this file to be in this folder or .exe shows black screen. But my teacher wants only .exe file without any folders. So is it possible to do something to not include this file( wood.jpg ) but show the texture in the .exe ?

Answer 1

Embed your texture in your executable.
One easy solution is to write a small tool that reads the file and writes out a C++ source file with a constexpr std::array containing the raw bytes. Then load your texture from that variable (SFML has functions to load a resource from memory) that you link into your executable.
Writing such a tool shouldn't be more than 10-20 lines of code.

Answer 2

For a SFML specific solution you can do this.
sf::Image tmp;
tmp.loadFromFile("super.jpeg");
std::ofstream file;
file.open("textarray.cpp");
size_t psize = tmp.getSize().x * tmp.getSize().y * 4;
auto ptr = tmp.getPixelsPtr();
file << "sf::Uint8 imageArray[] = {" << (int)ptr[0];
for (size_t i = 1; i<psize; ++i)
file << "," << (int)ptr[i];
file << "};";
file.close();
This will create a file name textarray.cpp containing something that looks like sf::Uint8 imageArray[] = {...};
Then you can load it in your program like this.
sf::Uint8 imageArray[] = {...};
sf::Image img;
img.create(80, 80, imageArray); // Replace 80, 80 with width and height of your image!!!
sf::Texture texture;
texture.loadFromImage(img);
sf::Sprite sprite;
sprite.setTexture(texture);
From here, just draw the sprite like normal.