I have this code - that is returning the file version (into a struct) I'm using as example the shell32.dll but there are some values that I don't understand their meanings , and would love to get an explanation.
here is the code :
void GetFileVersion( PCHAR pFilePath ,PVERSION pRetVersion)
{
DWORD dwSize = 0;
BYTE *pVersionInfo = NULL;
VS_FIXEDFILEINFO *pFileInfo = NULL;
UINT pLenFileInfo = 0;
/*getting the file version info size */
dwSize = GetFileVersionInfoSize( pFilePath, NULL );
if ( dwSize == 0 )
{
printf( "Error in GetFileVersionInfoSize: %d\n", GetLastError() );
return;
}
pVersionInfo = new BYTE[ dwSize ]; /*allocation of space for the verison size */
if ( !GetFileVersionInfo( pFilePath, 0, dwSize, pVersionInfo ) ) /*entering all info data to pbVersionInfo*/
{
printf( "Error in GetFileVersionInfo: %d\n", GetLastError() );
delete[] pVersionInfo;
return;
}
if ( !VerQueryValue( pVersionInfo, TEXT("\\"), (LPVOID*) &pFileInfo, &pLenFileInfo ) )
{
printf( "Error in VerQueryValue: %d\n", GetLastError() );
delete[] pVersionInfo;
return;
}
/*checking if the allocation succeeded */
if (NULL == pRetVersion)
{
printf("Allocation failed! \n" , GetLastError());
return;
}
pRetVersion->major = ( pFileInfo->dwFileVersionMS >> 16 ) & 0xffff ;
pRetVersion->minor = ( pFileInfo->dwFileVersionMS) & 0xffff;
pRetVersion->hotfix = ( pFileInfo->dwFileVersionLS >> 16 ) & 0xffff;
pRetVersion->other = ( pFileInfo->dwFileVersionLS) & 0xffff;
}
what is the the meaning of dwSize ? is this only the file version size? where can I see it while clicking on the shell32.dll?
pLenFileinfo - what is this size ?
when I look at the struct of
VS_FIXEDFILEINFO
there is only the version info information , Is there a wae to get for example :File description
,Date modified
,Original filename
etc ? (all the other properties that are inside the "Details" )?
thanks !!!!!