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Hortalonus · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:36 pm Post subject: No 0-9 version number limit

In VDS 4 you could specify the major, minor, release and build version numbers up to 9999 (even though if you went too high you had to use a resource editor to adjust it over 211). In VDS 5, however, each one is limited to 0-9. Some people including myself and Prakash prefer to use the date of the compile in the version number and it's kind of hard to specify a compile done in October, November or December if the version numbers are limited to 0-9. We won't even mention the trouble with days of the month past the 9th... Sad

Edit: Actually the major, minor and release fields are limited to 0-9... the build is limited to 999. Not any better if you use the build field for the full four digit year.

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1566

The version info resource writing seems very buggy. When I specify for instance: 1.3.5.2003, it writes it completely wrong and does: 1.3.5.27. Where the 27 comes from I have no idea. In fact you and I are not the only ones who do versioning this way, Microsoft in most cases does too or they use a similar method with versions ranging well over the 1000 level.

LOBO · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 3:42 pm Post subject:

I agree. I also use dating in my versions.

-Mark

Serge · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2003 1:43 am Post subject:

that is bad news indeed because i too now use the year and the month in my version system...are there plans to get that "fixed"?

serge

Hortalonus · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 2:30 pm Post subject:

I was wondering if this will be changed in the next update or not? Jules, are you at liberty to say? Question

jules · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 3:12 pm Post subject:

I didn't write the version info code, so I can't comment on that.

jules · When I specify for instance: 1.3.5.2003

Hortalonus · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 5:08 pm Post subject:

VDS 5 is the only one that limits the input of the build number to 999... VDS 4 did not. However, I've always had to use Resource Hacker to adjust the version info because even though you could input 2003 as the build number in the IDE, it wouldn't set it to that in the compiled file.

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1566

Yes the ability to specify longer values past 999 were allowed in VDS 4 which is what I meant Smile

But I think this had problems thus the reason 999 as the largest value was used?

jules · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 6:00 pm Post subject:

Yes, there were problems but I can't exactly remember what they were. It looks as if the compiler supports larger numbers than the IDE spin edits will allow. I've increased the maximums to 255.255.255.9999 and it appears correctly when I look at the properties of the compiled EXE. If anyone is still using VDS 5 in the year 9999 I'll be surprised, and if anyone needs more than 9999 attempts to build a version of their program they should be thinking about taking up another occupation... Very Happy

Skit3000 · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 6:06 pm Post subject:

CodeScript · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 6:22 pm Post subject:

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1566

I'll still be using VDS in the year 9999 I don't know about the rest of you Wink

Hortalonus · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 7:41 pm Post subject:

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