build specification version VI BUG

[littlesphaeroid]

Ni Provides VIs to set and read the version of a build specification in a LV project. However, I find that when trying to set any part of the build version to 0 (zero), this value does not get set.

This appears to be a bug in the VI from theNI_App_Builder_API called

Set Build Specifrication (path).vi

My appliction for this is to reset the build versions of all builds in a project to 1.0.0.0. I'm goig to dig into the XML tags and figure it out on my own. 

[Hooovahh]

When are you trying to set the build information?  Is it in the Pre build VI?  If so that won't work and there are several issues trying to set this during a build, but there exists a few work arounds.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Pre-Build-EXE-and-Installer-Set-Version/td-p/3149028

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/In-building-executables-allow-Pre-Build-Action-to-modi...

I admit that I've never set a build to 1.0.0 programatically, so I can't say there isn't a bug.

[littlesphaeroid]

Setting the version to 0 when running the  VI as a standalone does not work. I also does not work in a pre-build or post-build action. For example, if you have a build whose verison is 1.2.3.4 and you try to set it to 1.3.0.0 using NI's VI in a post-build action, the new version will be 1.3.3.4.

I have attached the code I just wrote to accomplish this without the VIs provided by NI. It works!

Cheers!

[littlesphaeroid · Accepted solution]

Oops, there was a but in the code I posted. Here's the new version.