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

[HappyCoder]

Hello,

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

resources.rc

#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

#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

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Questions:

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

project.pro

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

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

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

Thx

[anda_skoa]

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

#define VERSION 11.0.5

#define VERSION 11.0.5

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

Cheers,
_

[HappyCoder]

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

Thx, works great!