Version

Automatically generate version information in a C/C++ project with Azure DevOps.

How to Use

1. Copy the Version.rc file to your project folder.
2. Include the Version.rc file in the project (How to).
3. Add the definitions to your resource.h file.

#define APP_NAME            "AppName"
#define APP_FILE_NAME       APP_NAME ".exe"
#define APP_COMPANY_NAME    "Company Name"
#define APP_WEB_SITE        "Web Site"
#define APP_COPYRIGHT       "Copyright (C) " APP_COPYRIGHT_YEAR " Name"
#define APP_DESCRIPTION     "Application Description"

4. Add the compiler's preprocessor definitions (How to).

APP_VERSION="$(AppVersion)";APP_COPYRIGHT_YEAR="$([System.DateTime]::Now.Year.ToString())"

5. Add the resource compiler's preprocessor definitions.

APP_VERSION=\"$(AppVersion)\";APP_VERSION_BINARY=$(AppVersion.Replace('.', ','));APP_COPYRIGHT_YEAR=\"$([System.DateTime]::Now.Year.ToString())\"

6. Add the AppVersion property element to your project file (.vcxproj).

  <PropertyGroup>
    <AppVersion Condition="'$(AppVersion)' == ''">0.0</AppVersion>
  </PropertyGroup>

7. Add the AppVersion variable to your build pipeline.
8. Commit the changes.
9. Build the project.

Note: If you need to build your project with version number locally, you can set the environment variable $env:AppVersion="1.0" in a PowerShell console, then open the solution from the console and build the project.

How to display version information in a console application

_tprintf(_T("\n%s %s - %s\n"), _T(APP_NAME), _T(APP_VERSION), _T(APP_DESCRIPTION));
_tprintf(_T("%s\n"), _T(APP_COPYRIGHT));
_tprintf(_T("%s\n\n"), _T(APP_WEB_SITE));

_tprintf(_T("Usage: %s <Arguments>\n\n"), _T(APP_FILE_NAME));