A colleague asked for my help in putting the Version Number of his built executable on the running Front Panel. I didn't know how to do this, so I did some searching and found the FileVersionInfo method, which seemed to do the trick, but was very "mysterious" (like "Where did this come from"?). So I started experimenting.
I now have working code that runs in LabVIEW 8.0 and LabVIEW 2010 (and, I presume, on versions "in between"). I can even run it in LabVIEW 7.1, but the Build Exe routine doesn't seem to put Versions numbers in the .EXE, so I just get a blank string.
I'd like to submit these routines, along with a "How I Did It" document (in case someone wants to modify/extend it), but am unsure how to proceed. Do I just create a document such as this and attach the code (and in what format? ZIP?)? Is there a "Best Practices" I should follow?
Bob Schor
