SAMPLE: VERSTAMP Accesses the File Version Information Resouce

 Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
Article ID: Q92441
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SD) for Windows version 3.1

VERSTAMP demonstrates how to use the VER.DLL and VER.LIB libraries, which provide version-stamping for Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) and MS-DOS(R) executable files.

To select an executable, a dynamic-link library (DLL), or a driver file source and display its file version information in the main window, choose the Open command from the File menu. If the file does not have a version information resource, VERSTAMP notifies you with a message box. If the file has a version information resource, choose the More Info button in the main window to display the information. If you choose the Install File button, VERSTAMP uses the VerFindFile() function to determine where the source file should be installed. If VerFindFile() returns an error, VERSTAMP displays a message box prompting you to continue or abort. If you choose to continue, VERSTAMP proceeds with the installation, captures the result of VerInstallFile(), and displays it in a message box.

Download VERSTAMP.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) 

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download VERSTAMP.EXE (size: 31036 bytes)
  • Internet (anonymous FTP) 

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
      Get VERSTAMP.EXE (size: 31036 bytes)

Additional reference words: 3.10 Softlib VERSTAMP.EXE
KBCategory: kbprg kbfile
KBSubcategory: UsrExt

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Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
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