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Versioning DLLs

Dec 23, 2009 at 3:16pm
jankieone (2)
hi everbody....
a stupid question: how to increase the version number of my new DLL after/while compile? At the moment I dont have any version in my DLL at all.
is there another method to version DLLs?
I use Visual C++ 2008

P.S. when i press Alt+Enter on the c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\wuapi.dll, there is a TAB <Version>, I want to have the same :)

Thanks!
Dec 23, 2009 at 3:24pm
helios (17607)
You need a resource (.rc) file.
Here's a template you can use:
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1 VERSIONINFO
#ifdef _DEBUG
#include <winver.h>
FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
FILEVERSION 9999, 99, 99, 0
PRODUCTVERSION 9999, 99, 99, 0
#else
FILEFLAGS 32
//Note: personally, I prefer to set major to the year, minor to the month, and
//revision to the day. I find it much more useful than version numbers.
FILEVERSION <major>, <minor>, <revision>, 0
PRODUCTVERSION <major>, <minor>, <revision>, 0
#endif

FILEOS 4
FILETYPE 1

#ifdef _DEBUG
{
	BLOCK "StringFileInfo" {
		BLOCK "040904B0" {
			VALUE "FileDescription", "program"
			VALUE "OriginalFilename", "program.exe"
			VALUE "CompanyName", "you"
			VALUE "FileVersion", "Debug"
			VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (c) 2009, you"
			VALUE "ProductName", "program"
			VALUE "ProductVersion", "Debug"
		}
	}
	BLOCK "VarFileInfo" {
		VALUE "Translation", 0x0409, 0x04B0
	}
}
#else
{
	BLOCK "StringFileInfo" {
		BLOCK "040904B0" {
			VALUE "FileDescription", "program"
			VALUE "OriginalFilename", "program.exe"
			VALUE "CompanyName", "you"
			VALUE "FileVersion", "major.minor.revision"
			VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (c) 2009, you"
			VALUE "ProductName", "program"
			VALUE "ProductVersion", "major.minor.revision"
		}
	}
	BLOCK "VarFileInfo" {
		VALUE "Translation", 0x0409, 0x04B0
	}
}
#endif
Last edited on Dec 23, 2009 at 3:24pm
Dec 23, 2009 at 3:40pm
jankieone (2)
I have Visual C++ 2008 express edition. there is no New Item for resource (.rc) file.
how to be?

thx again!
Dec 23, 2009 at 4:00pm
Bazzy (6281)
Create the resource file with notepad and include it to your project.
If you want to edit it from VC++ right click on its icon within the IDE and choose "show source"
Dec 23, 2009 at 4:19pm
ARWA (100)
hi,the better thing is to download visual c++2005 .
i have it and when i'v shecked (.rc) exists.good luck.>.<
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