[Lazarus] How to access version info

[David B Copeland]

Hi Paul,

Thanks. After I sent the question, I managed to find some older list
messages on the subject. Is it known when fpc 2.4 might be released? In
the mean time I guess I can just read the .rc file directly.

Thanks again,
Dave.

On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 23:10 +0800, Paul Ishenin wrote:
> David B Copeland wrote:
> > Is there a way to access the version info and build number that Lazarus
> > can embed into the executable?
> >
> > Running: SUSE 11.1, x86_64, Lazarus SVN 21901, FPC 2.2.5.
> >   
> For you OS I think no. Currently lazarus put the version info into a .rc 
> file wich is linked into the executable only on windows. So it is a 
> windows feature only for the moment.
> 
> When released compiler will support native resources correctly on all 
> systems lazarus need (this should happen in fpc 2.4.0) we will probably 
> extend version info feature for the other platforms too.
> 
> Best regards,
> Paul Ishenin.
> 
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