[lazarus] Version Information: your comments please

[Jouke Rensma]

I've sent the mail below earlier but apparantly it did not make it. Maybe due to the attachements? I now zipped them into one (smaller) file. --- Hi all,

After some strugling, re-doing and starting from scratch again, I managed to
get the version information hooked into the compile process. With several

- Am I on the right track?
- Have I hooked in on the right places?

Current status:
- the rc file has to be created by hand.
- you can select in the project options if you want to use version info.
- if so, you can also select if you want to auto-update the build number.
- if selected the build number will be updated.
- if you deselect the use of versioninfo, the rc file is not updated anymore
and is not re-compiled, however the "old" info is kept in the executable

Things to do:
- Include the other Version Info fields:
        - "Comments"
        - "CompanyName"
        - "FileDescription"
        - "InternalName"
        - "LegalCopyright"
        - "LegalTrademarks"
        - "OriginalFilename"
        - "ProductName"
        - "ProductVersion"
- Also include the additional fields:
        -  "Translation" (this is one line in the rc file, but contains 2 
fields:
Language and Character Set)
- Detect if the build of the application itself went ok or not and keep
build-number accordingly.




Cheers,

PS I hope I created the patch the right way etc.???

things still to do (see below), now I would like to know: - Where did I go wrong, and where not? (see todo). - Removal of the Version Info, when user decides to not use it anymore. So, ladies and gentlemen, your comments please... Jouke PS2 the number in the filename of the patch is just for my own reference.

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