Hi!
I am/we developing in C and we have a number of different programs.
We also have problem to keep track of different versions of a specific exe file.
Is there any way to add version number when build a file so the version is added in the properties.
I doing this in a MFC c++ project in a .rc file. Is there a way (or a similar way) of doing this in C?
Here its stored in the details section with product version 6.0.8:
Take a look at /VERSION.
Originally Posted by anduril462
Warning: Some or all of my posted code may be non-standard and as such should not be used and in no case looked at.
Most programs built for something other than windows have a special cmd-line argument, "--version" or "-v", that prints the version.
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I think the OP was looking to add a version number to his program, which is what the link I provided did for M$ compilers.
Warning: Some or all of my posted code may be non-standard and as such should not be used and in no case looked at.
They asked "Is there a way (or a similar way) of doing this in C?", that's why I mentioned it.
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Thanks for the answers. I took a look at the /VERSION. I should have told you, we use VS6 as development environment and I cant find that option in that old version of environment. And the information about /VERSION was not enough for me, so even if I could set it in the linker I was not able to understand how to see the version with /VERSION option, anyone know? I don't understand this text (maybe my bad english...):
Use DUMPBIN /HEADERS to see the image version field of the OPTIONAL HEADER VALUES to see the effect of /VERSION.
The easiest way would be to right click at the .exe and see the version under properties -> details, but the command line argument is a possible road to take.
Last edited by Marreoragarn; 02-24-2015 at 10:18 AM.
From the link:
Click on "Resource View", right click, "Insert...", select "Version".The information specified with /VERSION does not affect the version information that appears for an application when you view its properties in File Explorer. That version information comes from a resource file that is used to build the application. See Version Information Editor for more information.
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