Add Version Info to DLL

[Bill Roe]

I need to add version information to a DLL. I've tried the example under FAQ but keep getting errors (error line 0) and Line too long. Is there an example for adding version info?

[Eddy Van Esch]

a) Create a "Mydll.rc" file. Filename of your choice, but should end with ".rc". Something like this:

#include "D:\\PBWin80\\WinAPI\\Resource.h"
VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION 1, 0, 1, 0
PRODUCTVERSION 1, 0, 1, 0
FILEOS VOS_WINDOWS32
BEGIN
  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
  BEGIN
    BLOCK "040904E4"
    BEGIN
      VALUE "CompanyName", "YourCompany"
      VALUE "FileDescription", "My great dll"
      VALUE "FileVersion", "1.01"
      VALUE "Build", "01-Jan-2008"
      VALUE "OriginalFilename", "MyGreat.dll"
      VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright ©2008 YourCompany"
      VALUE "ProductName", "MyProggie"
    END
  END
END

Of course, the path to resource.h should be that of YOUR setup ..

b) Compile this resource file in your (PB) IDE

c) Add this line to your dll source code:

#RESOURCE "Mydll.pbr"

d) Compile your dll source code.
Check in Windows Explorer for your dll version info.

Kind regards

[Alexander Holzer]

...
 FILEOS VOS_WINDOWS32
[COLOR="Red"] FILETYPE VFT_DLL
 FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN
[/COLOR]BEGIN
...

[Bill Roe]

I still must be doing something wrong

I get the following error:

Error 418 in VERSIONINFO.PBR(1:001): Statement expected
Line 1:

Followed by Line 0 too long.

Any further help would be greatly appreciated!

[Kev Peel]

You must us #RESOURCE, not #INCLUDE with the PBR file. The 418 error means that the compiler is treating the PBR file is a source file, when it isn't.

[Bill Roe]

Thanks!

That did it. Thanks!