LabWindows Target Settings

[mrbean]

In the Target Settings for CVI (7.1) I see file version and product version. The documentation for version says

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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.

In the Version Info dialog box, File Version and Product Version must be in the following form:

n,n,n,n

where n is a number from 0 to 255
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1) What is the difference between the file and product version fields in the Numeric and Text areas

2) Where do these items appear (outside of the target settings area)

3) If the file/product values differ in the numeric and text areas, what affect will that have

[Wendy L]

Hello Mrbean,

The information in the File Version Numeric Information field must be in numeric format. This information is displayed by Windows in a tooltip when you hover over your application/dll with your mouse. If you right click on your application/dll and select Properties, you will be able to access both the numeric and text information you enter in the CVI target setting dialog window.

In particular, the information you enter in the Text Information field does not have to be the same thing as what is entered in the Numeric Information field. You elaborate in the Text Information field. For instance if you wanted the Numeric version of your application to be 1.1.1. then you could write 'Version 1.1 Build 1' in the Text Information field.

So if you open the Windows Properties dialog window for you dll/application, and click on the version tab in Windows XP, you will see the numeric information displayed. On that tab, there is a section entitled 'Other Version Information'. If you navigate to File Version or Product Version entries in this list, you will see the information you set in the Text Information field in CVI.


Hope that helps.

Message Edited by Wendy L on 06-28-2005 01:09 PM