Re: Version resource missing in MFC exe
"Bill Cumming" <BillCumming@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CD81DD29-5809-48DB-A7BE-D72F6ABD3CBE@microsoft.com...
David - Alas I cannot take out the
!(defined(XSCRIBE) || defined(STRESSVUE))
without also deleting the other version resources for the other builds.
But
just for grins I did just that so that there is only one version resource
that starts with:
#if defined(APSTUDIO_INVOKED)
VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
and now I get NO version tab in the Explorer file properties dialog! Also,
I
had previously inserted a #error statement into each version resource
block
just before the lines:
BEGIN
BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
and the compiler would generate an error as expected. Sorry I didn't post
that exact example.
And I'm looking in Windows Explorer in WinXP Pro at the file properties.
Haven't tried Vista. And I opened the EXE in Studio 2005 (you have to use
File Open - drag and drop puts up a message telling you so) and it indeed
sees the (one) version resource corresponding to which build I executed.
Is it possible it's being compiled in a way that puts the resources in a
non-standard place in the EXE that Explorer doesn't recognize?
This is really a mystery. Have you tried to look at the file properties in
Explorer on another PC?
Thanks,
David
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