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itamar
06-20-2004, 02:16 PM
Hi Guys,

Can I change the file version of the final Exe file that I'm creating?
That will be very important to track different versions of my application.
I would like to change the Exe version as well as the company and etc.

Any ideas?
Itamar.
Ted Sullivan
06-20-2004, 04:28 PM
There is nothing built-in to AMS50 to do this. Our license agreement does not allow you to alter the runtime executable.
itamar
06-20-2004, 05:00 PM
Can you suggest a different way to track Different versions of my application ?

Itamar.
itamar
06-20-2004, 05:14 PM
Using an ini file will be very inconvenient

Specially if you are running automate procedures that using the check version function – to confirm our version.

I can't understand why the File Version is in use by AMS, maybe we can share :p

Itamar.
SUF6NEWBIE
06-21-2004, 12:31 AM
suggestion 1. Creating project.. load current version, modify and
do a saveas.. call it myappversion..whatever. The entire project
is duplicated under the new project name.

suggestion2. Create a .txt file in the docs folder of app..
maybe call it v.txt ..have your version details in the text file.

in startup actions read the txt file to a table or to a string..

at your apps runtime..the result of the textfilereadtostring(v.txt)...
is now living in memory..so you can access anytime using string actions etc.
(you can perform a filedelete action of the docs\v.txt , if so choose..)

suggestion 3. If you are using the 'autorun.inf' at build time..
(publishing to folder) you could possibly edit 'autorun.inf' by adding this:


[Product Version]
;put anything that suits
myapp=2.0.0.1beta5

..do read from ini file actions during app runtime...
itamar
06-21-2004, 12:44 AM
Is pretty good idea,
Thanks.

Itamar.
pjhiggins
06-21-2004, 11:59 AM
One of my projects tests the apps version against a web server.

Not sure if any of this can be useful but I offer it as another example of how it could be done.

I've got a squad of trained attack Bichon Frises (http://www.akc.org/breeds/recbreeds/bichonf.cfm) and am not afraid to deploy them against critics of my PHP. You have been warned!