The use of Version information in PB Dlls

[Graham McPhee]

How do you insert file version information into a PB DLL?
I need this to ensure correct installation using the WISE
instalation package.

[Scott Turchin]

I do it in the resource file:
Change Application to Dyanimic Link Library or whatnot ...

VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION 1, 4, 1, 0
PRODUCTVERSION 1, 4, 1, 0
FILEOS VOS_WINDOWS32
FILETYPE VFT_APP
BEGIN
  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
  BEGIN
    BLOCK "040904E4"
    BEGIN
      VALUE "CompanyName",      "Computer Creations Software\000"
      VALUE "FileDescription",  "Application\000"
      VALUE "FileVersion",      "04.11\000"
      VALUE "InternalName",     "Winlog98/NT\000"
      VALUE "OriginalFilename", "WINLOG.EXE\000"
      VALUE "LegalCopyright",   "Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Computer Creations Software\000"
      VALUE "LegalTrademarks",  "\000"
      VALUE "ProductName",      "Winlog For Windows 98/NT\000"
      VALUE "ProductVersion",   "04.11\000"
    END
  END
END

Run rc and pbres against it and use a $resource "appname.pbr" and you're in business.


Scott

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Scott Turchin

[Graham McPhee]

Thanks for the information on inserting the version in a DLL, it's just what I was looking for. :-)

[Egbert Zijlema]

This routine does not work.
RC.EXE reports an 'undefined keyword or keyname VOS_WINDOWS32'.
What's wrong?

Egbert

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[Troy King]

Originally posted by Egbert Zijlema:
RC.EXE reports an 'undefined keyword or keyname VOS_WINDOWS32'.

The routine works, but you have to make sure you've defined VOS_WINDOWS32. The easiest way to do that is to just include resource.h in the resource file. Just add

#include "resource.h"

to the top of your resource file, and copy the resource.h from the PB \winapi directory to the directory with your resource file. It will work then.



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[Egbert Zijlema]

Thank you!
It was not easy yet. Did not know the rc-compiler is case-sensitive, so #INCLUDE generated a fatal error.
In the meantime I included this sort of info in: http://www.basicguru.com/files/zijle...l60/easter.zip

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[This message has been edited by Egbert Zijlema (edited July 01, 2000).]

[Edwin Knoppert]

Note that i ALLWAYS check the binary version NOT the text version.

VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
>FILEVERSION 1, 4, 1, 0
> NOT! VALUE "FileVersion", "04.11\000"


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[Egbert Zijlema]

Scott,

Do you know, by the way, how to get the content of "Companyname" visible by default?
So without the need to click on it?
See a few "version" tabs of Microsoft programs to know what I mean.
And further more: what are the possible values. For instance, Microsoft itself uses Language.

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