$VERSIONINFO

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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. (QB64-PE v0.6.0 and up)


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.
  • Keyword not supported in Linux or macOS versions


Availability

  • QB64 v1.2 and up
  • QB64-PE all versions


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


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