Make addon version check universal

blender_utils.py

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 import glob
 import sys
 import importlib
+import toml
+import bpy
 
 from .i18n import DMX_Lang
 
@@ -124,3 +126,18 @@ def reload_addon():
     except Exception as e:
         return SimpleNamespace(ok=False, error=str(e))
     return SimpleNamespace(ok=True, error="")
+
+def get_extension_manifest():
+    folder_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+    toml_path = os.path.join(folder_path, "blender_manifest.toml")
+    data=toml.load(toml_path)
+    return data
+
+def get_application_version():
+    if bpy.app.version > (4, 1):
+        data = get_extension_manifest()
+        version = data["version"]
+        return tuple(version.split("."))
+    else:
+        from . import bl_info as application_info
+        return application_info["version"]

panels/setup.py

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 from ..gdtf import *
 from ..panels import profiles as Profiles
 from .. import blender_utils as blender_utils
-#from .. import bl_info as application_info
 from bpy.props import (StringProperty, CollectionProperty)
 from ..logging import DMX_Log
 
@@ -338,8 +337,7 @@ def callback(self, data, context):
             text = data["error"]
         else:
             try:
-                #current_version = application_info["version"]
-                current_version = 1
+                current_version = blender_utils.get_application_version()
                 new_version = data["name"]
                 res = blender_utils.version_compare(current_version, new_version)
             except Exception as e: