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.