$VERSIONINFO

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The $VERSIONINFO Metacommand adds text metadata to the resulting executable for identification purposes across the OS. Windows-only.

Syntax

$VERSIONINFO:key=value

Parameter(s)

• Text keys can be: Comments, CompanyName, FileDescription, FileVersion, InternalName, LegalCopyright, LegalTrademarks, OriginalFilename, ProductName, ProductVersion, Web
• Numeric keys can be:FILEVERSION# and PRODUCTVERSION# **When provided, the numerical keys FILEVERSION# and PRODUCTVERSION# will also provide values to the text keys FileVersion and ProductVersion, if the text versions are not provided separately. (Phoenix Edition v0.6.0 and above)

Description

• Text and numerical values are string literals without quotes entered by programmer. No variables are accepted. (variable names would be interpreted as literals).
• Numeric key=value must be 4 comma-separated numerical text values entered by programmer which usually stand for major, minor, revision and build numbers).
• Keywords_currently_not_supported_by_QB64#Keywords_Not_Supported_in_Linux_or_MAC_OSX_versions.

Example(s)

Example: Adding metadata to a Windows exe compiled with QB64:

$VERSIONINFO:CompanyName=Your company name goes here
$VERSIONINFO:FILEVERSION#=1,0,0,0
$VERSIONINFO:PRODUCTVERSION#=1,0,0,0

See Also

• $EXEICON
• _ICON
• [https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/aa381058(v=vs.85).aspx VERSIONINFO resource (MSDN)]