Get execute file version as formatted string - Delphi Snipplr Social Repository

Revision: 29642

at August 2, 2010 18:00 by icebob

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function GetFileVersion(filename: string = ''; const Fmt: string = '%d.%d.%d.%d'): string;
var
  iBufferSize: DWORD;
  iDummy: DWORD;
  pBuffer: Pointer;
  pFileInfo: Pointer;
  iVer: array[1..4] of word;
begin
  // set default value
  if filename = '' then
    FileName := Application.ExeName;
  Result := '';
  // get size of version info (0 if no version info exists)
  iBufferSize := GetFileVersionInfoSize(PChar(filename), iDummy);
  if (iBufferSize > 0) then
  begin
    Getmem(pBuffer, iBufferSize);
    try
    // get fixed file info
      GetFileVersionInfo(PChar(filename), 0, iBufferSize, pBuffer);
      VerQueryValue(pBuffer, '\', pFileInfo, iDummy);
    // read version blocks
      iVer[1] := HiWord(PVSFixedFileInfo(pFileInfo)^.dwFileVersionMS);
      iVer[2] := LoWord(PVSFixedFileInfo(pFileInfo)^.dwFileVersionMS);
      iVer[3] := HiWord(PVSFixedFileInfo(pFileInfo)^.dwFileVersionLS);
      iVer[4] := LoWord(PVSFixedFileInfo(pFileInfo)^.dwFileVersionLS);
    finally
      Freemem(pBuffer);
    end;
    // format result string
    Result := Format(Fmt, [iVer[1], iVer[2], iVer[3], iVer[4]]);
  end;
end;

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Get execute file version as formatted string

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