Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-27 Thread Reinier Olislagers
On 26/12/2013 17:54, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Reinier Olislagers wrote: On 26/12/2013 10:11, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Reinier Olislagers wrote: On 26/12/2013 09:26, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Reinier Olislagers wrote: I think the first example has lost its bit about being based on fcl-res,

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-26 Thread Reinier Olislagers
On 26/12/2013 09:26, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Reinier Olislagers wrote: On 25/12/2013 20:16, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: I don't pretend to understand all the cross-platform issues and I was trying to avoid work :-) Very understandable ;) In the end, any contribution is better than none - people

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-26 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Reinier Olislagers wrote: On 26/12/2013 09:26, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Reinier Olislagers wrote: On 25/12/2013 20:16, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: I don't pretend to understand all the cross-platform issues and I was trying to avoid work :-) Very understandable ;) There'll be something there

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-26 Thread Reinier Olislagers
On 26/12/2013 10:11, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Reinier Olislagers wrote: On 26/12/2013 09:26, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Reinier Olislagers wrote: OK, I'll do a very basic page Show Application Title, Version, and Company i.e. similar to the existing one that somebody's filled with code- I

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-26 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Reinier Olislagers wrote: On 26/12/2013 10:11, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Reinier Olislagers wrote: On 26/12/2013 09:26, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Reinier Olislagers wrote: OK, I'll do a very basic page Show Application Title, Version, and Company i.e. similar to the existing one that somebody's

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-25 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Reinier Olislagers wrote: On 23/12/2013 20:13, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Apologies for reformatting the message to conform to the usual bottom-posting convention. Hew Lines wrote: On 2013-12-23 9:18 AM, Bart wrote: On 12/23/13, Hew Lines hewli...@shaw.ca wrote: I'm looking for the version

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-25 Thread Reinier Olislagers
On 25/12/2013 20:16, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Reinier Olislagers wrote: On 23/12/2013 20:13, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Cross-platform; see http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/fcl-res there's file version code in fcl-res as well. I don't think there's a well-named Wiki page for this, which is

[Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-23 Thread Hew Lines
Can anyone give me any ideas on how to access the data in the Project Application dialogue ? Specifically the Version Number. I would like to include the Version Number in both my About box as well as the Title Bar of the main form but I have been unable to figure out how to access the data

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-23 Thread Bart
On 12/23/13, Hew Lines hewli...@shaw.ca wrote: Can anyone give me any ideas on how to access the data in the Project Application dialogue ? Specifically the Version Number. I would like to include the Version Number in both my About box as well as the Title Bar of the main form but I have

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-23 Thread John Meyer
I think we're talking about the compiled application's version number. On 12/23/2013 10:18 AM, Bart wrote: On 12/23/13, Hew Lines hewli...@shaw.ca wrote: Can anyone give me any ideas on how to access the data in the Project Application dialogue ? Specifically the Version Number. I would

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-23 Thread Hew Lines
Thanks Bart but that's not quite what I'm looking for. I'm looking for the version number of the compiled application. It is set in the Version Info panel of the Project Options dialogue box and auto-incremented with every build. I know that I can do it manually but am trying to see if I can

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-23 Thread Anthony Tekatch
I have used vinfo like described here: Topic: Get and use the Build Number within your program http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?topic=12435.0 And, this vinfo inspired rework might also help: Topic: Accessing build info and compiler info in Source

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-23 Thread Reinier Olislagers
On 23/12/2013 20:13, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Apologies for reformatting the message to conform to the usual bottom-posting convention. Hew Lines wrote: On 2013-12-23 9:18 AM, Bart wrote: On 12/23/13, Hew Lines hewli...@shaw.ca wrote: I'm looking for the version number of the compiled

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-23 Thread Hew Lines
Many thanks Anthony. Looks like exactly what I was looking for. Hew On 2013-12-23 11:01 AM, Anthony Tekatch wrote: I have used vinfo like described here: Topic: Get and use the Build Number within your program http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?topic=12435.0 And, this vinfo

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-23 Thread Reinier Olislagers
On 23/12/2013 20:16, Reinier Olislagers wrote: On 23/12/2013 20:13, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Apologies for reformatting the message to conform to the usual bottom-posting convention. Hew Lines wrote: On 2013-12-23 9:18 AM, Bart wrote: On 12/23/13, Hew Lines hewli...@shaw.ca wrote: I'm

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-23 Thread Hew Lines
On 2013-12-23 11:13 AM, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Apologies for reformatting the message to conform to the usual bottom-posting convention. Hew Lines wrote: On 2013-12-23 9:18 AM, Bart wrote: On 12/23/13, Hew Lines hewli...@shaw.ca wrote: Can anyone give me any ideas on how to access the

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-23 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Apologies for reformatting the message to conform to the usual bottom-posting convention. Hew Lines wrote: On 2013-12-23 9:18 AM, Bart wrote: On 12/23/13, Hew Lines hewli...@shaw.ca wrote: Can anyone give me any ideas on how to access the data in the Project Application dialogue ?

Re: [Lazarus] Application Information

2013-12-23 Thread Hew Lines
On 2013-12-23 11:18 AM, Reinier Olislagers wrote: On 23/12/2013 20:16, Reinier Olislagers wrote: On 23/12/2013 20:13, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Apologies for reformatting the message to conform to the usual bottom-posting convention. Hew Lines wrote: On 2013-12-23 9:18 AM, Bart wrote: On