How can I programmatically retrieve the CVI Target Version Settings (e.g. File Version, Copyright, etc) in my CVI application?

[Darren Draper]

Is there any way that I can programmatically retrieve the CVI Target Version Settings (e.g. File Version, Copyright, etc) in my CVI application?

I am using LabWindows/CVI version 7.0.

The settings that I'd like to retrieve within my application are those that are set under Build | Target Settings... | Version Info...

e.g.

      File Version

      Product Version

      Company Name

      Legal Copyright

Thanks,

Darren

Message Edited by Darren Draper on 01-16-2006 02:03 AM

[Graziano]

Hi Darren!
 
   From CVI help:

    Version Info—Opens the Version Info dialog box. You can enter version information for the DLL in this dialog box. LabWindows/CVI saves the version information in the DLL as a standard Windows version resource. You can obtain the information from the DLL by using the Windows SDK GetFileVersionInfo and GetFileVersionInfoSize functions.


Thank you for giving me the opportunity of looking for these informations!

   Let me know if this helps!!!!!

   greetings!

graziano

[Darren Draper]

Hi Graziano,

Thanks for your quick and accurate reply.  This has solved my problem. 

Also, the example supplied with LabWindows\CVI is useful, for showing how it works:  see the NI example in "samples\sdk\verinfo\verinfo.cws".

Many thanks,

Darren

[TurboMetrologist]

Hi, I am using CVI 6.0.

I would also like to query my program's version found in Target Settings --> Version Info --> File Version. The sample SDK "verinfo.c" and its project do not compile. Any advice?

Thanks in advance!

[RobertoBozzolo]

Hello TurboMetrologist,

which error do you receive while compiling?

I was succesfull both in running the source code from the IDE and in compiling it with CVI 6.0.0 (105) full development system.

[TurboMetrologist]

'Unable to create file "c:\...\MeasurementStudio\CVI\samples\sdk\verinfo\verinfo_dbg.exe" (File access permission denied)'

Is this because I can't see the version.lib file in the folder?

[RobertoBozzolo]

Well, "File access permission denied" claims for an authorization problem . I suggest you double check file attributes in the project directory: it could be that you have downloaded this example from a CD and the read-only attribute has not been cleared.

The library does not reside in the example folder: as you can see by selecting View >> Show full pathnames in the project window, it should be in ....CVI\sdk\lib folder.

[LuisG]

Turbo,

Roberto is correct. This is probably happening because you installed CVI 6.0 in Windows 7 or Vista, with User Account Control enabled. This is a very old version of CVI that did not support those OSes, and therefore it installed its examples to a non-writable location (C:\Program Files...). This is probably why you do not have write permission to create the .exe in this location. If you copy the CVI examples folder to a different location, you might get around this problem.

Luis

[TurboMetrologist]

Yes thank you, I copied the folder to another location and it ran the debug exe just fine. Thanks.

[RobertoBozzolo]

Damned UAC! You never end up changing all that was perfectly working before its arrival!