Automatic build number on about page

Hi guys,

i have a already finish application in which i use an about dialog frame to show the application version. I also would like to show the build number for better versioning.

Is there any way to have the build number automatically generated and put out?
I'm working with gcc.

Thanks a lot in advance ;)

rat

Create a little script/program that generates something along the lines of:

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#define BUILDNUMBER 1

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The script should generate "the next number" each time you compile.

Make this part of the makefile or whatever you use to build the project.

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Mats

ok sounds good but how do i count every build process?

Assuming you use a "makefile", just add it as part of the "recipe" for the final build. Something like:

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all: myprog
    updatebuildnumber

myprog: myprog.o somefile.o other.o
    gcc -o $@ $<

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Mats

bloodshed dev/c++ does automatic versioning without that hacky method

you have to go into the project settings and turn on automatic versioning, after that its some #define'd variable, i forget which, but a google search should tell you.

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Originally Posted by abachler

bloodshed dev/c++ does automatic versioning without that hacky method

you have to go into the project settings and turn on automatic versioning, after that its some #define'd variable, i forget which, but a google search should tell you.

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Good idea.

However, what you mean is that some part of the IDE is creating a automatic build/version number for you - it's just as "hacky" except it's someone else's hack, right? And of course, it relies on using that particular IDE, which may or may not be what the original poster does.

A long time ago, I used to have a little program that would find a string like "V1.0-00A" in a specified file and update it to "V1.0-00B" and so on. It was part of my "custom processing at end of build".

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Mats

is there no gcc define that counts the number of builds of that file?

would be the easiest to output like BUILDNR...

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Originally Posted by abachler

bloodshed dev/c++ does automatic versioning without that hacky method

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There's nothing hacky about it.

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Originally Posted by ratte

is there no gcc define that counts the number of builds of that file?

would be the easiest to output like BUILDNR...

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gcc has no idea how many times you have compiled the project. An IDE could have the ability to do this, assuming you always use the IDE [or the IDE's method] to build the project.

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Mats

I'll have a look if there's something (maybe plugin) provided in code::blocks