$VERSIONINFO

The $VERSIONINFO metacommand adds text metadata to the resulting executable for identification purposes across the OS. Windows-only.

Syntax

$VERSIONINFO:key=value

Parameters

• Text keys can be: Comments, CompanyName, FileDescription, FileVersion, InternalName, LegalCopyright, LegalTrademarks, OriginalFilename, ProductName, ProductVersion, Web
• Numeric keys can be:FILEVERSION# and PRODUCTVERSION#
  • When provided, the numerical keys FILEVERSION# and PRODUCTVERSION# will also provide values to the text keys FileVersion and ProductVersion, if the text versions are not provided separately. (QBPE 0.6 and up (QB64 Phoenix Edition))

Description

• Text and numerical values are string literals without quotes entered by programmer. No variables are accepted. (variable names would be interpreted as literals).
• Numeric key=value must be 4 comma-separated numerical text values entered by programmer which usually stand for major, minor, revision and build numbers).
• A manifest file is automatically embedded into the resulting .exe file so that Common Controls v6.0 gets linked at runtime, if required.
• Not available in Linux or macOS.

Availability

• QB64 1.2 and up (QB64 Team)
• QBPE 0.5 and up (QB64 Phoenix Edition)

Examples

Example: Adding metadata to a Windows exe compiled with QB64:

$VERSIONINFO:CompanyName=Your company name goes here $VERSIONINFO:FILEVERSION#=1,0,0,0 $VERSIONINFO:PRODUCTVERSION#=1,0,0,0

See also

• $EXEICON
• _ICON
• VERSIONINFO resource (MSDN)

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