Version Info in EXE, Access project file from resource.rc file?

Hello,

i'm using this to include version information to my compiled EXE file:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2...ile-on-windows

resources.rc

Code:

#include <windows.h>
 
#define VER_FILEVERSION   2,1,3,924
#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR   "2.1.3.924"
#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION   2,1,3,924
#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR   "2.1.3"
 
#define VER_COMPANYNAME_STR         "Cool Company Pty Ltd"
#define VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR     "Cool Program"
#define VER_INTERNALNAME_STR        "Cool Program"
#define VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR      "Copyright 2012 Cool Company Pty Ltd"
#define VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR    ""
#define VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS2_STR    ""
#define VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR    "application.exe"
#define VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR         "Cool Program"
 
#ifndef DEBUG
#define VER_DEBUG                   0
#else
#define VER_DEBUG                   VS_FF_PRIVATEBUILD|VS_FF_PRERELEASE|VS_FF_DEBUG
#endif
 
 
IDI_ICON1               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "ICON.ico"
 
VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION     VER_FILEVERSION
PRODUCTVERSION  VER_PRODUCTVERSION
FILEFLAGSMASK   VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
 
FILEFLAGS       ( VER_DEBUG )                                                   
FILEOS          VOS__WINDOWS32                                                                                      
FILETYPE        VFT_APP                                                                                          
BEGIN                                                                                                               
    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"                                                                                          
    BEGIN                                                                                                           
        BLOCK "040904E4"                                                                                            
        BEGIN                                                                                                       
            VALUE "CompanyName",      VER_COMPANYNAME_STR
            VALUE "FileDescription",  VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR                                                       
            VALUE "FileVersion",      VER_FILEVERSION_STR                                                           
            VALUE "InternalName",     VER_INTERNALNAME_STR                                                          
            VALUE "LegalCopyright",   VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR                                                        
            VALUE "LegalTrademarks1", VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR                                                    
            VALUE "LegalTrademarks2", VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS2_STR                                                    
            VALUE "OriginalFilename", VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR                                                      
            VALUE "ProductName",      VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR                                                           
            VALUE "ProductVersion",   VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR                                                        
        END                                                                                                         
    END                                                                                                             
 
    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"                                                                                             
    BEGIN                                                                                                           
        /* The following line should only be modified for localized versions.     */                                
        /* It consists of any number of WORD,WORD pairs, with each pair           */                                
        /* describing a language,codepage combination supported by the file.      */
        /*                                                                        */
        /* For example, a file might have values "0x409,1252" indicating that it  */
        /* supports English language (0x409) in the Windows ANSI codepage (1252). */
 
        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252
 
    END
END

Questions:

I have also some parameters in my Qt project file, like this:

project.pro

Code:

VERSION = 11.0.5
DEFINES += APP_VERSION=\\\"$$VERSION\\\"

How can i access e.g. VERSION (located in my project.pro) from resources.rc?

Thx

Re: Version Info in EXE, Access project file from resource.rc file?

Hmm, what if you do it the other way around.

The rc file can obviously include headers, so you could have a simple header that just contains
Code:

#define VERSION 11.0.5
And then use cat() and section() in the .pro to extract the version string into a qmake variable.

Cheers,
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Re: Version Info in EXE, Access project file from resource.rc file?

Quote:

Originally Posted by anda_skoa

And then use cat() and section() in the .pro to extract the version string into a qmake variable.

Thx, works great!