RE: [Log4cpp-devel] Version property sheet added to DLL

[David R. <dre...@mo...>]

As far as I can tell, the FileVersion string is not visible or even
accessible from anywhere; so we can safely just ignore it (I know, I
know -- so why is it there??). The binary FILEVERSION is accessible from
installation programs, etc. as well as being visible from the windows
explorer (which is why I added the property sheet). As for the strange
division into 2 or 4 integers... Beats me. The way it is currently setup
the version number is shown as "0.3.1.1".=20

I cleaned the resource file up a bit (threw away extra junk). I also did
some tests with adding extra fields and they seem to work just fine,
despite MS's mention of "predefined names". On the property sheet, the
description and copywrite as well as the first entry (alphabetically)
are immediately visible, the rest have to be selected to be seen. Also,
the description and copywrite should be short enough to fit on 1 line
(otherwise they need to be scrolled). I'll send you a jpg off list.

Thanks for the autoconf/automake pointers.

Regards,

David Resnick
MobileSpear Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Resnick=20
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 08:27
To: 'Bastiaan Bakker'
Cc: log...@li...
Subject: RE: [Log4cpp-devel] Version property sheet added to DLL


There is a a description of the VERSIONINFO resource here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=3D/library/en-us/tools/=
r
c_7x2d.asp

The file version is in 4 separate entities in the binary format
(FILEVERSION). From the docs: Specifies the binary version number for
the file. The version consists of two 32-bit integers, defined by four
16-bit integers.

Could you please explain to me in a couple of words how template strings
(like @PACKAGE_VERSION@) are replaced (what tools are used, a sample
command line for doing it, where the replacement values come from)? How
do I generate the doxygen config file for example?

I used this project's VERSIONINFO as a base for the values I put in
log4cpp:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/dqsd/dqsd/src/DQSDTools/D
QSDTools.rc?rev=3D1.24&content-type=3Dtext/vnd.viewcvs-markup

Sorry for dunking you in the doubly cold waters of lawyers and Microsoft
;-).

Regards,

David Resnick
MobileSpear Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bastiaan Bakker [mailto:bas...@li...]=20
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 23:43
To: David Resnick
Cc: log...@li...
Subject: Re: [Log4cpp-devel] Version property sheet added to DLL


On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 08:45, David Resnick wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> I've added a "version" property sheet to the DLL version of log4cpp.
>=20
> Bastiaan, please check the values in msvc6\log4cppDLL\log4cppDLL.rc.
> There are "legalese" type fields there that I filled in with what=20
> seemed to be correct values, but it is hard to tell...
>=20

Indeed it is. Is a definition of it's file format available somewhere?=20
Does the file version need to be three separate intities? It would be
convienent to template the file with @PACKAGE_VERSION@ in order to keep
the version number up to date. Also it would be nice to put the
copyright holders somewhere, since LifeLine and me aren't the only ones.
Maybe it's easiest to refer to the
(informal) 'the Log4cpp Project', but I not familiar enough with this
"legalese" stuff to know whether that's OK. But I guess this can simply
be added to the "LegalCopyright" field? Anyway the LGPL is the
definitive copyright statement for log4cpp...=20

Thanks,

Bastiaan
=20
=20
=20
> Regards,
>=20
> David Resnick
> MobileSpear Inc.
>=20
>=20
> -------------------------------------------------------
> This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek
> Welcome to geek heaven.
> http://thinkgeek.com/sf=20
> _______________________________________________
> Log4cpp-devel mailing list Log...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/log4cpp-devel