How to get the plugin version no?

Hydra
1

Hello,

I include version information in my Delphi plugin .dll, but this information does not show up when looking at it in Explorer like it does for normal .exes/dlls. Is there a way to do this?

If not, how can I retrieve the plugin major and minor version, either from the .NET host automatically or from within the plugin?

Thanks,

Rob H

2

in delphi you can retrieve it as:

    //THYModuleManager.PluginDescriptors holds a list of all plugin descriptors that available to module manager
    //By using plugin descriptor you can get information about plugin such as name, version, description, etc.
    for I := 0 to ModuleManager.PluginDescriptorCount - 1 do begin
      pl :=ModuleManager.PluginDescriptors[i];
//      pl.MajorVersion
//      pl.MinorVersion
    end;

note: it retrieves only versions that are specified in plugin initialization:

initialization
  THYPluginFactory.Create(HInstance, 'VclNonVisualPlugin', Create_VclNonVisualPlugin, TVclNonVisualPlugin, myMajorVersion, myMinorVersion, sRequiredPrivilege, sDescription, sUserData);
end.
3

Thanks for that. I take it that means I cannot embed version info into the project like normal projects?

Regards,

Rob

4

you can set up these variables (myMajorVersion/myMinorVersion) in runtime from version of your dll or set up them before creating release version.

5

Thanks. Just to be clear, there’s no way to get the file (or product) versions to come up inside Windows Explorer property details like below?

6

Just bumping this

7

You can set up these variables (myMajorVersion/myMinorVersion) from standard VS_VERSION_INFO struct in runtime.
see this solution how to receive file (product) versions.