doubts about a3x file

[Luigi]

Hi forum!

When I compile a file as a3x format, it not show a file version... I supose this field is only to executables, this is case... write?

Is possible put a new field in a3x file, with a file version?

If is possible, how get the value of this field? But, get this value in linux!

I can't get a exe's file version in linux... I use a php's function to do this:

function file_get_version($sFilePath){
    // http://bytes.com/topic/php/answers/169755-get-files-version-php
    $hFileOpen = fopen($sFilePath, "rb");
    $hFile = fread($hFileOpen, filesize($sFilePath));
    fclose($hFileOpen);

    $sTabBefore = 'F\0i\0l\0e\0V\0e\0r\0s\0i\0o\0n\0\0\0\0\0';
    $sTabAfter = '\0\0';
    if(preg_match("/$sTabBefore(.*?)$sTabAfter/", $hFile, $aMatch)){
        if(is_array($aMatch) && (sizeof($aMatch) > 1)){
            return $aMatch[1];
        }else{
            return "@error.1";
        }
    }else{
        return "@error.2";
    }
}

Is possible apply the same concept to get a a3x's version?

Best regards,

Detefon

Edited September 23, 2014 by Detefon

[Melba23]

Detefon,

An a3x file is merely a tokenised and compressed script - exactly the same data is inserted into the AutoIt interpreter stub to create an exe file. So as there is no resource table within an a3x there is nowhere for the version information to be stored.

M23

[Luigi]

ohhhhhh, then left me to appeal to the good old md5...

Thank you Melba! 

[JohnOne]

I'd put file version in file name.

[Mobius]

Detefon,

This probably isn't what you want or like but you could write the version of your script or alternatively the AutoIt version used to build the a3x into a region of the a3x header.

Dodgy example of writing and reading back:

WVH_Example.7z

Or a much safer alternative would be to write this information to the tail of the a3x, don't think you need an example for this