Get the version of a Windows DLL

MrCoder · Post by **MrCoder** » Mon May 03, 2004 5:47 pm

Code updated for 5.20+

You can use this find the version of a Windows DLL.

; Get the version of a Windows DLL.
; Made by Chris Way (03/05/2004)


dll.DllVersionInfo\cbSize = SizeOf(DllVersionInfo)
OpenLibrary(0,"Shell32.dll")   ; The DLL to get the version of
CallFunction(0,"DllGetVersion",@dll)

OpenConsole()

PrintN(Str(dll\dwMajorVersion))
PrintN(Str(dll\dwMinorVersion))
PrintN(Str(dll\dwBuildNumber))
PrintN(Str(dll\dwPlatformID))

Input()
CloseConsole()

See this MSDN page for more info.

I havent seen this around here so I hope it hasn't been posted before.
Hope its helpful.

Karbon · Post by **Karbon** » Mon May 03, 2004 6:17 pm

But only if the DLL contains a function called "DllGetVersion" - right? I assum most (all?) of the MS ones do?

MrCoder · Post by **MrCoder** » Mon May 03, 2004 6:30 pm

Yeah, it says on MSDN that pretty much all of the MS ones do. Not sure how to add it too your own DLL's, I'll have a look.
From MSDN:

This function is not an application programming interface (API). It is exported by name from each DLL that implements it. Currently, most of the Windows Shell and common controls DLLs implement DllGetVersion. These include, but are not limited to, Shell32.dll, Comctl32.dll, Shdocvw.dll, and Shlwapi.dll.