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Get version resource info for a file.

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Get version resource from a file (app, dll etc.).
Add version.lib to linker inputs.

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  1. // This function gets the file version info structure 
  2. HRESULT GetFileVersion (char *filename, VS_FIXEDFILEINFO *pvsf) { 
  3.    DWORD dwHandle; 
  4.    DWORD cchver = GetFileVersionInfoSize(filename,&dwHandle); 
  5.    if (cchver == 0) 
  6.       return -1 ; // LastError(); 
  7.    char* pver = new char[cchver]; 
  8.    BOOL bret = GetFileVersionInfo(filename,dwHandle,cchver,pver); 
  9.    if (!bret) 
  10.       return -1 ; // LastError(); 
  11.    UINT uLen; 
  12.    void *pbuf; 
  13.    bret = VerQueryValue(pver,"\\",&pbuf,&uLen); 
  14.    if (!bret) 
  15.       return -1 ; // LastError(); 
  16.    memcpy(pvsf,pbuf,sizeof(VS_FIXEDFILEINFO)); 
  17.    delete[] pver; 
  18.    return S_OK; 
  19. }

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