accessing-version-information-from-within-your-program.md

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Accessing Version Information from Within Your Program

To access version information from within your program

1. If you want to access the version information from within your program, use the GetFileVersionInfo function and the VerQueryValue function.

For information on adding resources to managed projects, please see Resources in Desktop Apps in the .NET Framework Developer's Guide. For information on manually adding resource files to managed projects, accessing resources, displaying static resources, and assigning resource strings to properties, see Creating Resource Files for Desktop Apps. For information on globalization and localization of resources in managed apps, see Globalizing and Localizing .NET Framework Applications.

Requirements

Win32

See Also

Version Information Editor
Version Information (Windows)