Get version of EXE built outside of LabVIEW

[glstill]

Hi,

I was looking for a way to read the "Versions" File property of an EXE that was built in C++  (or any other EXE).  I would like my application to read it programmatically instead of having the information in some other file that my application reads.

Thanks,

Gary

[0utlaw · Accepted solution]

Hello glstill,

There is a pretty good discussion of that problem as well as a few possible solutions using .NET or the WinAPI offered in this thread from 2006:

LabVIEW thread: File version info

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/File-version-info/m-p/361945?jump=true

Some of the .NET information may be out of date, but the discussion is relevant and a few people have provided code to do more or less what I think you're looking for.

Another pretty clean looking and more recent example is available here on the NI Developer Community:

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

https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-13866

Best Regards,