compiling a script without version info?

[Jos]

Me too.

There is also this if you look into the exe with some HexEditor

Don't think its "Also" but it's "the" portion of the EXE that contains the Resource info we are talking about.

Jos

[Xenobiologist]

Don't think its "Also" but it's "the" portion of the EXE that contains the Resource info we are talking about.

Jos

Hi,

yes I know. But my thought was going even one step further. If people try to change the exe that way that it isn't recognizable as an Autoit script. What to do ...

There are strings in compiled exes like AV Seraches this is ... go ... and so on.

Mega

Edited March 4, 2008 by Xenobiologist

[Jos]

Maybe we should consider to leave it in as default but give an option to remove it.

Jos

I rediscussed it and I agreed to remove it altogether in the latest version of Autoit3Wrapper now available.

I am still setting the ProductVersion field to the version of the BIN file used. This is also a standard version field which isn't displayed.

This is an example of the Version Info now generated (AutoIt3Wrappper.exe):

1 VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION 1,10,1,6
PRODUCTVERSION 3,2,10,0
FILEOS 0x4
FILETYPE 0x0
{
BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
{
    BLOCK "080904b0"
    {
        VALUE "FileVersion", "1.10.1.6"
        VALUE "Comments", "Compile or Run your Autoit3 script with options like update the resource information.."
        VALUE "FileDescription", "Compile or Run your Autoit3 script with options.(Used To be Called CompileAU3)"
        VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © 2008 Jos van der Zande"
        VALUE "Made By", "Jos van der Zande"
        VALUE "Email", "jdeb at autoitscript dot com"
        VALUE "AutoIt Version", "3.2.10.0"
        VALUE "Compile Date", "8-3-2008 19:40:20"
    }
}

BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
{
    VALUE "Translation", 0x0809 0x04B0
}
}

Edited March 9, 2008 by Jos

[amin84]

Hello,

So does this still work in 3.3.10.0?

I'm using the code below:

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Icon=resourcesicon.ico

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Outfile=..out.exe

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Compression=4

#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseUpx=n

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Comment=This program is freeware.

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Description=Name goes here

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Fileversion=1.28.0.0

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Language=1033

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Field=ProductName|product name goes here

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Field=ProductVersion|1.28.0.0

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Field=Copyright|copyright goes here

 

And it is compiling all the fields like this:

File description: (empty)

Type: Application

File version: 0.0.0.0

Product name:  (empty)

Product version:  (empty)

Copyright: (empty)

...

[Jos]

Show me the SciTE output pane information generated by F7/Compile so I can check what the problem is.

Jos

[Melba23]

Jos,

Compiling with those directives works for me - other than the "Product version" and "copyright" where I get the AutoIt defaults rather than the ones in the directives.

>"M:\Program\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.exe" /prod /in "M:\Program\Au3 Scripts\fred4.au3"
+>11:04:09 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper v.2.1.3.4 SciTE v.3.3.7.0 ;  Keyboard:00000809  OS:WIN_VISTA/Service Pack 2  CPU:X64 OS:X86    Environment(Language:0409  Keyboard:00000809  OS:WIN_VISTA/Service Pack 2  CPU:X64 OS:X86)
>Running AU3Check (3.3.10.0)  from:M:\Program\AutoIt3
+>11:04:10 AU3Check ended.rc:0
>Running:(3.3.10.0):M:\Program\AutoIt3\aut2exe\aut2exe.exe  /in "M:\Program\Au3 Scripts\fred4.au3" /out "C:\Users\Melba23\~AU3zwxvubq.exe" /nopack /icon "M:\Program\Au3 Scripts\Icons\List.ico" /comp 4
+>11:04:16 Aut2exe.exe ended.C:\Users\Melba23\~AU3zwxvubq.exe. rc:0
>11:04:16 Performing the Program Resource Update steps:
...>Updating Program Version information.
>11:04:17 Program Resource updating finished successfully.
+>11:04:18 Created program:M:\Program\Au3 Scripts\fredtest.exe
>Exit code: 0    Time: 9.807

M23

[Jos]

Product version work fine for me and to update the standard Copyright filed you need:

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_LegalCopyright=

 Jos

[guinness]

Shouldn't it be recommended to use the pragma directives?

[Jos]

I see that the #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_ProductVersion is not working any more. Need to check that one and somehow make it work more consequently.

Guess we need to either tell people to use:

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Field=ProductName|product name goes here
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Field=ProductVersion | 1.29.2.0

Or support:

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_ProductName=product name goes here
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_ProductVersion=1.29.1.0

I remember having regular discussion whether or not to remove the AutoIt3 info from these fields.

Jos

Edited December 27, 2013 by Jos

[Jos]

Shouldn't it be recommended to use the pragma directives?

Why as there is much limitation using the pragma approach?

Jos

[amin84]

I swapped copyright with legalcopyright. Scite shows this:

!>08:21:41 Error: Failed to get script data from end of target file.  Skipping resource update.rc:2

[Jos]

I swapped copyright with legalcopyright. Scite shows this:

!>08:21:41 Error: Failed to get script data from end of target file.  Skipping resource update.rc:2

Different issue. Are you compiling 3.3.8.x and having the Explorer open in the directory with the target program?

Try closing Windows explorer and recompiling.

Jos

[amin84]

I uninstalled 3.3.8.x and installed 3.3.10.0 in Windows 8.0

I'm gonna try to uninstall, restart and install again.

[guinness]

Why as there is much limitation using the pragma approach?

Jos

It's less for you to worry about if people are using the official pragma directives.

[amin84]

Hello again.

I uninstalled autoit, restarted, and installed the latest version and it fixed the rightclick -> compile with options...

 

I'm moving to #pragma too then. It looks cleaner.

[guinness]

I'm moving to #pragma too then. It looks cleaner.

You can use AutoIt3WrapperToPragma (see signature) to do it in one click!