VB project Exe Version 1

[SBerthold]

What is the logic behind setting and using the Major, Minor and build numbers in a VB EXE project?

When I set the major to 7, the minor to 5 and the build to 101 then, when checking the version number in the properties window for a EXE (in explorer, right mouse click, properties, version), I get: 7.05 instead of 7.5.101 And the rest isn't being shown.
When I use P&D and check the file version in Setup.lst, it shows: 7.5.0.1 instead of 7.5.101.

I would like both versions to show the same, as 7.5.101

When I check the version numbers of other programs, like the DAO 3.51.1608, it shows the same (correct) version number in Properties and well as the Setup.lst.
Sometimes a version number looks like this: 3.51.1608.1001.
With four dots. But in VB Project Properties I cannot use the dots - only whole numbers.

Can some please explain to me the proper use of the version number?

 

[SBerthold]

"Build" means App.Revision.

Can anyone help?

 

[SBerthold]

Pretty please?

 

[TheVampire]

You might start here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...vbdlgbuildoptionstabprojectsettingsdialog.asp

And then dig from there.

Robert

 

[CCLINT]

You will probably will not find much help there for VB6 as it only covers basic info.
I have never seen any MS explanation for this concerning the VB property settings.

This is the way I see it (by examining the values under different circumstances) with VB:

The App.Major formats to a minimum of one digit, but the minor will format to a minimum of two digits, even if there is only one digit. And the Revision will always format to 4 digits.

So, if you have the following:

Major = 7
Minor = 2
Revision = 54

it will format to: 7.02.0054

And,

Major = 7
Minor = 12
Revision = 554

will format to: 7.12.0554

And so on.

You can use this format code to format the version correctly:

sVers = Format$(App.Major,"0&quot & "." & Format$(App.Minor,"00&quot & "." & Format$(App.Revision,"0000&quot

Where the first Format is not needed.
I do not use 7.5, but instead I use 7.50.

In VB6 the property for the Build number is missing. Therefore you will see you will see:

7.02.0.0054

In VB Net this is somewhat corrected.
The Build then defaults to the day of the year, and the Revision to the seconds of the day since midnight.
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