Michel Pensas has a new script on AEScripts which is a tool to aid script developers… Export to Bytes. Export to Bytes will allow you to convert an After Effects file into a binary string that can later be embedded in the source code of a script. Check out the After Effects Export to Bytes script here.

This script is a tool to aid script developers. What it does it it convert a file into a binary text string that can then be embedded in the source code of a script. This allows a one file distribution without requiring external an external folder to store the files. A common use for this is to have embedded images or icons in your .jsx file.