Function Reference

FileGetVersion

Returns the "File" version information.

FileGetVersion ( "filename" [,"stringname"] )

Parameters

filename	Filename to check.
stringname	[optional] name of the field to be retrieved from the header version file info.

Return Value

Success:	Returns a string containing the version information, e.g. "3.0.81.0".
Failure:	Returns "0.0.0.0" if no version information (or other error) or "" when retrieving a stringname, and sets @error to 1.

Remarks

stringname can be the basic one as :
Comments, InternalName, ProductName, CompanyName, LegalCopyright, ProductVersion,
FileDescription, LegalTrademarks, PrivateBuild, FileVersion, OriginalFilename, SpecialBuild

Or a special one "CompiledScript" which is set for a compiled script. FileGetVersion(@AutoItExe, "CompiledScript") will return "AutoIt v3 Script : 3, 2, 1, 2".

Another special stringname is "DefaultLangCodepage" can be used to retrieve the default language and codepage.

The language and codepage can be used if needed to differentiate the "stringname" i.e. "080904b0\Comments" (see MSDN StringFileInfo in VerQueryValue function).

Related

FileGetSize, FileGetTime

Example

$ver = FileGetVersion("Explorer.exe")
MsgBox(0, "Explorer version", $ver)