What steps are needed to compile Version Information inside a windows DLL from the command line. I have been looking at VersionInfo files, but could not figure out how to link them to the DLL.
Thank you
For a file that is missing version info completely: After opening the DLL in Visual Studio, go to Edit > Add Resource > Version and click New. Then in the new Version tab, change FILEVERSION and PRODUCTVERSION, CompanyName, etc. Save the files and you're all set!
If you reference the dll in Visual Studio right click it (in ProjectName/References folder) and select "Properties" you have "Version" and "Runtime Version" there. In File Explorer when you right click the dll file and select properties there is a "File Version" and "Product Version" there.
Start by downloading the project from GitHub. Then open the solution file in Visual Studio and make the necessary changes to the source code. Then compile. Finally reference the compiled assembly into your application (don't use the official NuGet).
You need to create a version resource and add it to your project. This can be very easily done from within visual studio. in VS 2008, right click a folder of the project, choose add and under "Visual C++" select "Resource File" (not resource template), in the resource file just created you'll be able to add a version resource which looks like this:
VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION 1,0,0,1
PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,0,1
FILEFLAGSMASK 0x17L
#ifdef _DEBUG
FILEFLAGS 0x1L
#else
FILEFLAGS 0x0L
#endif
FILEOS 0x4L
FILETYPE 0x1L
FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
BEGIN
BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
BEGIN
BLOCK "040904b0"
BEGIN
VALUE "FileDescription", "XXX Application"
VALUE "FileVersion", "1, 0, 0, 1"
VALUE "InternalName", "XXX"
VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2010"
VALUE "OriginalFilename", "XXX.exe"
VALUE "ProductName", "XXX Application"
VALUE "ProductVersion", "1, 0, 0, 1"
END
END
BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
BEGIN
VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
END
END
From the command line you'll need to use rc.exe, the resource compiler and then link the result to your dll.
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