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The information in this article applies to:
- Professional Edition of Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows,
version 3.0
- Microsoft Windows version 3.1
SUMMARY
Traditional Windows development suggests that you add version information
to your compiled .EXE files. Microsoft provides two tools with Microsoft
Visual C++ that allow Visual C++ programmers to add version information to
compiled applications:
- The Microsoft Resource Compiler (RC.EXE).
- The Microsoft App Studio, a resource editor.
Unfortunately, at this time, Visual Basic programmers cannot add version
information to Visual Basic generated .EXE files. Visual Basic does not
have the abiliy to add resource information to its .EXE files. Nor can you
use either the Microsoft Resource Compiler or the App Studio to add
resource information to .EXE files generated by Visual Basic.
There are however other third party Resource Compilers/Editors that will
work with Visual Basic compiled .EXE files. One such tool is the "Resource
Workshop" by Borland. You can contact Borland at 1-800-336-6464x8708.
MORE INFORMATION
Below is a step by step example illustrating how to add version information
to a Visual Basic compiled EXE using Borland's "Resource Workshop."
Example of Adding Version Information to a VB Application
- Start Resource Workshop.
- From the Resource Menu, choose New (ALT+R N).
- Select VERSIONINFO as the resource type, and click OK.
- Resource Workshop displays a default script for version information.
Delete this, and type in something similar to the following:
1 VERSIONINFO LOADONCALL MOVEABLE FILEVERSION 1, 0, 0,
5 PRODUCTVERSION 1, 0, 0, 10 FILEOS VOS__WINDOWS16 FILETYPE
VFT_APP BEGIN
BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
BEGIN
BLOCK "040904E4"
BEGIN
VALUE "CompanyName", "Some Company\000"
VALUE "FileDescription", "What it is\000"
VALUE "FileVersion", "03.00.0005\000"
VALUE "InternalName", "XYZ.EXE\000"
VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright ) abcdefg"
VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "Whatever you want\000"
VALUE "ProductName", "asdfg\000"
VALUE "ProductVersion", "see above"
VALUE "Comments", "Some comments"
END
END
END
- Double-click the control box to close the current window. Click Yes
when Resource Workshop asks you if you wish to save changes.
- Your Application now contains version information. Choose Exit from the
File menu to exit Resource Workshop (ALT+F X). Click Yes when Resource
Workshop asks you to verify that you want to update your EXE.
REFERENCES
For more information on the VERSIONINFO statement, see the WinSDK on-line
help file (provided with the professional edition of Visual Basic as well
as Visual C++) or the "Microsoft Windows Version 3.1 Programmer's
Reference," Volume 1.
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