Starpacks - Setting Description, Company, File Version, etc... information
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From: AF on 2 Oct 2009 13:06 On Oct 2, 6:28 am, kbercaw <kevinber...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 2, 2:50 am, Harald Oehlmann <wortka...(a)yahoo.de> wrote: > > > > > > > > the metadata goes in tclkit.inf inf the vfs dir. the format is key > > > value pairs. you can only replace info that is already present in the > > > runtime executble and the string length must be the same or shorter. > > > To provide you an example: > > - Application: ElmiLog > > - Folder: elmilog.vfs > > - Files in this folder: > > - main.tcl > > - tclkit.ico > > - tclkit.inf > > Contents of tclkit.inf: > > FileDescription "ElmiLog Waagenanbindung universelle Datei" > > FileVersion 2.0 > > LegalCopyright "Elmicron GmbH" > > ProductName "ElmiLog" > > -EOF- > > Thank you AF and Harald. You suggestions have worked nicely. I had > only one field that wasn't changed to the value I expected on my first > try. I will continue to try other key names to see if I can get my > value in it. > On the properties dialog (and also the tooltip): "File Version: > 8.5.2.2" is inherited from the tclkit. I included "FileVersion > 1.0.0.0" in my tclkit.inf file, and I saw the confimation message > during wrap, but it didn't overwrite the 8.5.2.2. Instead there is a > separate property called "File Version" with value "1.0.0.0". That's > confusing to have two fields named "File Version" each with a > different value, so I will want to fix it. I suspect the keyword for > the "other" "File Version" is different, maybe it's just "Version"- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - the file version is stored in a different area of the executable so you cant change that part. i do have some code that can update it but it needs to be intergrated into sdx. even then you are limited to the 4 integer format.
From: Patrick on 8 Oct 2009 11:58 On Oct 4, 8:52 am, Pat Thoyts <cnggub...(a)hfref.fbheprsbetr.arg> wrote: > AF <aar...(a)gmail.com> writes: > >On Oct 2, 6:28 am, kbercaw <kevinber...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Oct 2, 2:50 am, Harald Oehlmann <wortka...(a)yahoo.de> wrote: > > >> > > the metadata goes in tclkit.inf inf the vfs dir. the format is key > >> > > value pairs. you can only replace info that is already present in the > >> > > runtime executble and the string length must be the same or shorter. > > >> > To provide you an example: > >> > - Application: ElmiLog > >> > - Folder: elmilog.vfs > >> > - Files in this folder: > >> > - main.tcl > >> > - tclkit.ico > >> > - tclkit.inf > >> > Contents of tclkit.inf: > >> > FileDescription "ElmiLog Waagenanbindung universelle Datei" > >> > FileVersion 2.0 > >> > LegalCopyright "Elmicron GmbH" > >> > ProductName "ElmiLog" > >> > -EOF- > > >> Thank you AF and Harald. You suggestions have worked nicely. I had > >> only one field that wasn't changed to the value I expected on my first > >> try. I will continue to try other key names to see if I can get my > >> value in it. > >> On the properties dialog (and also the tooltip): "File Version: > >> 8.5.2.2" is inherited from the tclkit. I included "FileVersion > >> 1.0.0.0" in my tclkit.inf file, and I saw the confimation message > >> during wrap, but it didn't overwrite the 8.5.2.2. Instead there is a > >> separate property called "File Version" with value "1.0.0.0". That's > >> confusing to have two fields named "File Version" each with a > >> different value, so I will want to fix it. I suspect the keyword for > >> the "other" "File Version" is different, maybe it's just "Version"- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - > > >the file version is stored in a different area of the executable so > >you cant change that part. i do have some code that can update it but > >it needs to be intergrated into sdx. even then you are limited to the > >4 integer format. > > Post me a patch and I can add it to sdx. > > -- > Pat Thoyts http://www.patthoyts.tk/ > To reply, rot13 the return address or read the X-Address header. > PGP fingerprint 2C 6E 98 07 2C 59 C8 97 10 CE 11 E6 04 E0 B9 DD Has the new sdx.kit been posted? Will it take a command line arg or use the inf key value pair? Thanks
From: Patrick on 9 Oct 2009 11:09
I was asking about the patch to correct the file version ... >>the file version is stored in a different area of the executable so >>you cant change that part. i do have some code that can update it but >>it needs to be intergrated into sdx. even then you are limited to the >>4 integer format. > Post me a patch and I can add it to sdx. |