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Microsoft: FoxPro FAQ

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How do I retrieve my app's version number? by foxdev
faq184-236
Posted: 28 Sep 00

Visual FoxPro 6 contains the function aGetFileVersion which can retrieve version and other information from VFP and non-VFP Windows EXEs and DLLs.

For Visual FoxPro version 5, you can obtain this information on the currently-running VFP-created EXE by using the GetFileVersion() function in FOXTOOLS.FLL.  The code follows:


* -- uses GetFileVersion function in FoxTools.FLL (VFP version 5)
* -- returns info on currently-running VFP EXE
* --    supplied when the EXE was built
* --    (version, company info, description, etc.)
* -- optional parameter - pass .T. to get full info, .F. or nothing to get just version

lparameter tlreturnfulldescription

local afileinfo   && array to hold file information
local lgoodinfo   && good getfileversion() flag
local cretval       && return value

dimension afileinfo[12,1]

if not "foxtools" $ lower(set("library"))
   set library to foxtools.fll additive
endif

lgoodinfo = getfileversion(sys(16,1), @afileinfo) >= 0
if lgoodinfo        && GetFileVersion performed OK
   if tlreturnfulldescription   && give full info
      cretval = afileinfo(10,1) + " " + ;
         afileinfo(4,1) + " " + ;
         afileinfo(3,1) + " " + ;
         afileinfo(1,1) + " " + ;
         chr(169) + afileinfo(6,1)
   else
      cretval = afileinfo(4,1)   && version only
   endif
else
   cretval = ""
endif

return cretval

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