Can't use RC file

[Roy44]

Hi
I would like to display information in detail in my executablelike company name version etc.
so I made this rc file:

#ifndef RCFILE_H
#define RCFILE_H
#include "../svn_version.rc"

IDI_ICON1               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "../res/mediasofts.ico"
#define VER_FILEVERSION             1,0,0,0
#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR         "1.0.0.0\0"

#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION          1,0,0,I_SVNREVINT
#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR      "1.0\0"

#define VER_COMPANYNAME_STR         "Médiasofts"
#define VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR     "Mediacad drawing software"
#define VER_INTERNALNAME_STR        "Médiacad"
#define VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR      "Copyright © 2016 Médiasofts"
#define VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR    "All Rights Reserved"
#define VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS2_STR    VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR
#define VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR    "Mediacad.exe"
#define VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR         "Mediacad"

#define VER_COMPANYDOMAIN_STR       "http://mediasofts.fr/"

BEGIN
    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        BLOCK "040904E4"
        BEGIN
            VALUE "CompanyName",        VER_COMPANYNAME_STR
            VALUE "FileDescription",    VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR
            VALUE "FileVersion",        VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "InternalName",       VER_INTERNALNAME_STR
            VALUE "LegalCopyright",     VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR
            VALUE "LegalTrademarks1",   VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR
            VALUE "LegalTrademarks2",   VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS2_STR
            VALUE "OriginalFilename",   VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR
            VALUE "ProductName",        VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR
            VALUE "ProductVersion",     VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR
            VALUE "Rev",     I_SVNREV
            VALUE "Date",     I_SVN_CLOCKDATE
        END
    END

    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252
    END
END
#endif // RCFILE_H

I have

RC_FILE = mediacad.rc

in my .pro but the compilation failed on RC with :
....\MediaCad\mediacad.rc(24) : error RC2135 : file not found: StringFileInfo
....\MediaCad\mediacad.rc(26) : error RC2135 : file not found: 040904E4
....\MediaCad\mediacad.rc(28) : error RC2135 : file not found: CompanyName
....\MediaCad\mediacad.rc(29) : error RC2135 : file not found: VALUE

I don't know why it failed .
Do you have an idea ?
Is it possible to use RC file for DLL too ?

[hskoglund]

Hi, you forgot the version info title line, try change to this:

...
...
#define VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR         "Mediacad"

#define VER_COMPANYDOMAIN_STR       "http://mediasofts.fr/"

VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
BEGIN
    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
...
...

[Roy44]

Thanks, errors are gone but if I look the details of my executable
(properties > details on windows) I did not found my information.

[hskoglund]

Hi, actually if you binary dump your .exe file you'll see your version info, but agreed it's nice to be able to see it in Explorer (properties->details).

So, at the top of your .RC file add a Language statement to make the version info visible. (Need windows.h for LANG_ENGLISH etc, I think you can replace those with hex numbers if you don't like to include windows.h):

#ifndef RCFILE_H
#define RCFILE_H

#include <windows.h>
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US

#include "../svn_version.rc"

IDI_ICON1               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "../res/mediasofts.ico"
#define VER_FILEVERSION             1,0,0,0
...

Also to cover all the bases/fields in that properties->details dialog box, you can get fancy and add the Fileversion and Productversion lines:

...
#define VER_COMPANYDOMAIN_STR       "http://mediasofts.fr/"

VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION VER_FILEVERSION
PRODUCTVERSION VER_PRODUCTVERSION
BEGIN
    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
...

Hope this helps!

[Roy44]

Thanks it works now.

[mdnchauhan]

Hi, thanks for this discussion.
After implementing as per suggested by Roy44 and Hskoglund, I am able to see version info of my exe in File->property->Details.

I have following questions:

• It is showing FileVersion as 0.0.0.0. What do I need to do for displaying my desired FileVersion there?
• What do we need to do for Linux and MAC. As here we are including "windows.h", that may not work while compiling code on these OS.

Thanks.

[mchinand]

Use the VERSION variable in your project file.

[Tyras]

@mdnchauhan said in Can't use RC file:

• What do we need to do for Linux and MAC. As here we are including "windows.h", that may not work while compiling code on these OS.

RC files are a Windows thing. OSX and Linux use different approaches. So you don't need to concern about the #include <windows.h> in the RC file since they won't use it.

OSX (Mac) uses a "Info.plist" file, that is a xml describing the application info in the following format:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.6">
<dict>
	<key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
	<string>NSApplication</string>
	<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
	<string>@ICON@</string>
	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
	<string>APPL</string>
	<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
	<string>//Version goes here. something like 1.0.0//</string>
	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
	<string>@TYPEINFO@</string>
	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
	<string>@EXECUTABLE@</string>
	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
	<string>@BUNDLEIDENTIFIER@</string>
	<key>NOTE</key>
	<string>//Some text you want to put here. something short like "Business® All rights reserved"//</string>
	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
	<string>//Bundle version. Usually the same thing as CFBundlePackageType//</string>
	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
	<string>//same thing as above//</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Also you need to specify the path to the Info.plist in your .pro file:

QMAKE_INFO_PLIST = /path/to/your/Info.plist

My suggestion is to put it in the root of your project directory and use

QMAKE_INFO_PLIST = $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_/Info.plist

To set the application icon, just add to your .pro file:

ICON = /path/to/icon.icns 

I don't know how it works in Linux, though.