Re: GetFileVersionInfoSize for DLL

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From: Ed Mulroy
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 22:26

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You might try this to get the DLL's file name and use the result for the 
parameter in the GetFileVersionInfoSize call.

  extern HINSTANCE _hInstance;
  char module_name[MAX_PATH + 1];

  ::GetModuleFileName(_hInstance, module_name, sizeof(module_name));

.  Ed

> poojo hackma wrote in message
> news:44592306$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> How do I get the DLL version information from within my DLL?
>
> I want to create a property that others can read to tell what version it 
> is.
>
> I tried
>    ::GetFileVersionInfoSize(ParamStr(0).c_str(), &dwHandle);
>
> and
>
>    ::GetFileVersionInfoSize(Application->ExeName.c_str(), &dwHandle);
>
> Both give me the parent executable, not my DLL.

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