Is there a SetVersion equivalent to GetVersionInfo?

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Hi,

Could you tell me how to change a file's information such as description,
comments, version, etc. I know I could get all this using the
FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo but I am looking for the .SetVersionInfo
equivalent.

Thanks,
 
Could you tell me how to change a file's information such as description,
comments, version, etc.
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If it's your own managed application, just change the assembly
attributes, usually found in the AssemblyInfo.[cs|vb] file.

If not, you need something like a Win32 resource editor. There's no
support for modifying binaries in the framework.



Mattias
 
Hi Mattias,

My application at run time would create a text file, for example, but I
would like to then add some comments to the comment field of this text file.

Is there no way to do that?

Thanks,

Mattias Sjögren said:
Could you tell me how to change a file's information such as description,
comments, version, etc.
Click to expand...

If it's your own managed application, just change the assembly
attributes, usually found in the AssemblyInfo.[cs|vb] file.

If not, you need something like a Win32 resource editor. There's no
support for modifying binaries in the framework.



Mattias
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My application at run time would create a text file, for example, but I
would like to then add some comments to the comment field of this text file.

Is there no way to do that?
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Uhm, text files don't carry the kind of version information you
retrieve with the FileVersionInfo class. Only executables do.



Mattias
 
Version information is not a part of system file information. It's a part of
the file itself, so text files don't carry any version info.

Vagif


Zenu said:
Hi Mattias,

My application at run time would create a text file, for example, but I
would like to then add some comments to the comment field of this text
file.

Is there no way to do that?

Thanks,

Mattias Sjögren said:
Could you tell me how to change a file's information such as
description,
comments, version, etc.
Click to expand...

If it's your own managed application, just change the assembly
attributes, usually found in the AssemblyInfo.[cs|vb] file.

If not, you need something like a Win32 resource editor. There's no
support for modifying binaries in the framework.



Mattias
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Thanks for all you responses. Silly me. You are right that text files don't
have this sort of info.

Is there anyway to add a unique identifyer to a text file, other than the
name, that I could use to programatically identify it?

Vagif Abilov said:
Version information is not a part of system file information. It's a part of
the file itself, so text files don't carry any version info.

Vagif


Zenu said:
Hi Mattias,

My application at run time would create a text file, for example, but I
would like to then add some comments to the comment field of this text
file.

Is there no way to do that?

Thanks,

Mattias Sjögren said:
Could you tell me how to change a file's information such as
description,
comments, version, etc.

If it's your own managed application, just change the assembly
attributes, usually found in the AssemblyInfo.[cs|vb] file.

If not, you need something like a Win32 resource editor. There's no
support for modifying binaries in the framework.



Mattias
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