Get File Version Information for EXE’s and DLL’s

[10Degree]

Summary:

This VI uses the ActiveX FileSystemObject that is part of the Microsoft scripting host to gather file version information for exe’s and dll’s.  The VI returns the version information in a variety of forms for parsing in an application.

Function:

The VI takes a filespec (path + filename) to a file for which you want the version info.  It returns the following:

• Full version = the result from calling GetFileVersion.  Usually of the form “1.2.3.4”
• No build verion = “1.2.3”.  I usually use a <major>.<minor>.<bugfix> nomenclature for my builds.
• Version array = an array of 1, 2, 3, 4.  Useful for custom parsing.

Steps to execute code:

1. Drop a copy of the VI on your block diagram.
2. Wire a path to a file into Filespec.
3. Inspect the returned version results and enjoy!

Screenshots:

VI Snippet:

VI attached below

[Fox_Mccloud]

Hi!

Looks nice!

I've been using the vi ..\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2009\vi.lib\Platform\fileVersionInfo.llb\FileVersionInfo.vi to accomplish the same thing. Take a look at it. I found it very useful!

Cheers!

[10Degree]

Thanks for the pointer to that!  Do you have a method to crowbar the lpData into the FileVersionInformation.ctl? I should spend some time and dig through those llb's...

[ChristianEckl]

Thanks a lot for this hint. In my opinion this implementation is better as this one her:https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/File-version-info/m-p/361945?jump=true

It doesn't use the .NET Runtime which have to be installed on some operation systems.

Thanks a lot.