Expanding Pragma?

[willichan]

Will the #pragma directives be expanded to allow for custom fields, to replace #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Field?

The #pragma directives seem to be the only way to set the copyright and program version fields, I am looking to update my scripts to use #pragma instead of #AutoIt3Wrapper directives.  Unfortunately, as soon as I add a #pragma directive, all of the custom fields stop working.

From reading in other posts, I understand that this is just how it is right now, but I was wondering if there were plans to expand #pragma going forward.

[Jos]

The #pragma directives seem to be the only way to set the copyright and program version fields, I am looking to update my scripts to use #pragma instead of #AutoIt3Wrapper directives.  .

Why would the AutoIt3Wrapper directives not set Copyright and program version?

 Unfortunately, as soon as I add a #pragma directive, all of the custom fields stop working.

Could you give me an example of the second comment so I can see why something stops working when it could still be supported?

I must admit I am not using #pragma at all, other than "#pragma compile(AutoItExecuteAllowed, true)" as it doesn't support all options yet, but I have tried to build support in AutoIt3Wrapper to be able to mix the 2 options and skip the AutoIt3Wrapper directives that already have a #pragma version defined in the script.

Jos

Edited August 22, 2014 by Jos

[willichan]

Why would the AutoIt3Wrapper directives not set Copyright and program version?

 

My fault.  While typing the reproducer script, I realized that I was using #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Field_LegalCopyright instead of #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Copyright.

Time to clean my glasses and use copy/paste a little more carefully.

 

Could you give me an example of the second comment so I can see why something stops working when it could still be supported?

 

I am finding now, that none of my #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Field directives are working at all, even with the #pragma statements removed.

For example, using the following script:

#Region
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Version=P
#AutoIt3Wrapper_icon=Reproducer.ico
#AutoIt3Wrapper_outfile=Reproducer.exe
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Compression=4
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Description=Reproducer Script
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Fileversion=2014.8.22.13
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Fileversion_AutoIncrement=y
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Language=1033
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_LegalCopyright=My Copyright
://////=__=
://////=__=
://////=__=://.=.com
#AutoIt3Wrapper_AU3Check_Stop_OnWarning=y
#EndRegion

MsgBox(0, "Reproducer", "Hello")

I get the following on the details tab of the resulting EXE properties:

File description    Reproducer Script
Type                Application
File version        2014.8.22.13
Product name
Product version     3.3.12.0
Copyright           My Copyright
Size                841 KB
Date modified       8/22/2014 10:24 AM
Language            English (United States)

None of the custom fields appear.

---EDIT---

Wow!  Even the forum host doesn't like my field statements.

Those should have been

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Field=Company|My Company

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Field=Author|My Name

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Field=URL|http://www.myurl.com

 

Edited August 22, 2014 by willichan

[Jos]

When I look at a testscript with your directives, I do see the information in the Version Info Block when looking with FF Explorer or reshacker:

1 VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION 2014,8,22,16
PRODUCTVERSION 3,3,12,0
FILEOS 0x4
FILETYPE 0x0
{
BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
{
    BLOCK "040904b0"
    {
        VALUE "FileVersion", "2014.8.22.16"
        VALUE "Comments", "http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/"
        VALUE "FileDescription", "Reproducer Script"
        VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.3.12.0"
        VALUE "LegalCopyright", "My Copyright"
        VALUE "CompanyName", "My Company"
        VALUE "Author", "My Name"
        VALUE "URL", "http://www.myurl.com"
    }
}

BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
{
    VALUE "Translation", 0x0409 0x04B0
}
}

When you change :

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Field=Company|My Company

to

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Field=CompanyName|My Company

The name will show up when hovering over the file but not in the Properties window.

Jos

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Edited August 22, 2014 by Jos

[willichan]

When I look at a testscript with your directives, I do see the information in the Version Info Block when looking with FF Explorer or reshacker

 

When I copied the EXE file to an XP box or to a 32-bit Win7 box, they do seem to show up.  They only seem to be "missing" when I look at them from 64-bit Win7 boxes.  I guess I will have to start investigating what was in some of those latest Windows patches.

Thank you for looking into it.  Sorry for the false alarm.

[Jos]

I actually see the same thing and think it is there already for as long as I remember on win7.

Jos