Ken,
Thanks to you, I got it to work.
Just in case anyone else wants to implement this solution, Below you will find the necessary steps
and auxiliary program.
Jim Fleming
A) Create your Version Info resource file in your project directory or wherever, with the following
contents, and file extension .rc:
{code}
#define CONST_VERSION "4.1.1.1003\000" // Note the \000 !!!! Here and elsewhere below !!!! C
string terminator !!!
1 VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION 1,0,0,1
PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,0,1
FILEOS 0x4
FILETYPE 0x1
{
BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
{
BLOCK "040904E4" // Will need changing if your language is not English and char-set not
1252 (multilingual).
{
VALUE "CompanyName", "Whatever\000"
VALUE "FileDescription", "Whatever\000"
VALUE "FileVersion", CONST_VERSION
VALUE "InternalName", "My Internal Name\000"
VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © whoever\000"
VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "\000"
VALUE "OriginalFileName", "If you wish\000"
VALUE "ProductName", "What pleases you\000"
VALUE "ProductVersion", CONST_VERSION
VALUE "Comments", "Anything you wish to add\000"
}
}
BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
{
VALUE "Translation", 0x0409 0x04E4
}
}
{code}
B) Create a new project in some folder, code of only module should be similar to:
{code}
unit FormIncrementBuildNumber;
interface
uses
Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes,
Vcl.Graphics,
Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs,
Vcl.StdCtrls, System.IOUtils, System.StrUtils;
type
TIncrementBuildNumber = class(TForm)
IncrementingBuildNumberLabel: TLabel;
procedure FormShow (Sender: TObject);
procedure FormActivate(Sender: TObject);
private
{ Private declarations }
public
{ Public declarations }
end;
var
IncrementBuildNumber: TIncrementBuildNumber;
implementation
{$R *.dfm}
procedure TIncrementBuildNumber.FormShow (Sender: TObject);
var
Resource_File_Contents: TStringList;
Full_File_Name_And_Path: string;
First_Line_Of_File: string;
Position_First_Dot: Integer;
Position_Second_Dot: Integer;
Position_Third_Dot: Integer;
Position_Trailing_Backslash: Integer;
Start_of_Build_Number: Integer;
Length_of_Build_Number: Integer;
Build_Number_In_ASCII: string;
Build_Number_Numeric: Integer;
Old_Resource_File_Name: string;
Success: Boolean;
begin
if (System.ParamCount <> 1) then
begin
ShowMessage ('Resource File name not in first command-line parameter.');
Exit;
end;
Full_File_Name_And_Path := System.ParamStr(1);
if (not TFile.Exists(Full_File_Name_And_Path, False)) then
begin
ShowMessage ('Resource file ' + Full_File_Name_And_Path + ' not found.');
Exit;
end;
Resource_File_Contents := TStringList.Create;
try
Resource_File_Contents.LoadFromFile(Full_File_Name_And_Path);
First_Line_Of_File := Resource_File_Contents.Strings[0];
if (Copy(First_Line_Of_File, 1, 21) <> '#define CONST_VERSION') then
begin
ShowMessage ('First line of Version Info must start with "#define CONST_VERSION".' + #13 +
'Version not incremented.');
Exit;
end;
Position_First_Dot := Pos('.', First_Line_Of_File);
if (Position_First_Dot = 0) then
begin
ShowMessage ('Version must have format "a.b.c.d".' + #13 + 'Build Number not incremented.');
Exit;
end;
Position_Second_Dot := PosEx('.', First_Line_Of_File, Position_First_Dot+1);
if (Position_Second_Dot = 0) then
begin
ShowMessage ('Version must have format "a.b.c.d".' + #13 + 'Build Number not incremented.');
Position_Third_Dot := PosEx('.', First_Line_Of_File, Position_Second_Dot+1);
if (Position_Third_Dot = 0) then
begin
ShowMessage ('Version must have format "a.b.c.d".' + #13 + 'Build Number not incremented.');
Position_Trailing_Backslash := PosEx('\', First_Line_Of_File, Position_Third_Dot+1);
if (Position_Trailing_Backslash = 0) then
begin
ShowMessage ('Version must have format "a.b.c.d\000".' + #13 + 'Build Number not
incremented.');
Exit;
end;
Start_of_Build_Number := Position_Third_Dot + 1;
Length_of_Build_Number := Position_Trailing_Backslash - Start_of_Build_Number;
if (Length_of_Build_Number < 1) then
begin
ShowMessage ('Build Number must be present.' + #13 + 'Build Number not incremented.');
Exit;
end;
Build_Number_In_ASCII := Copy (First_Line_Of_File, Start_of_Build_Number,
Length_of_Build_Number);
Success := TryStrToInt (Build_Number_In_ASCII, Build_Number_Numeric);
if (not Success) then
begin
ShowMessage ('Build Number must be numeric integer.' + #13 + 'Build Number not
incremented.');
Exit;
end;
Build_Number_Numeric := Build_Number_Numeric + 1;
Build_Number_In_ASCII := IntToStr(Build_Number_Numeric);
Resource_File_Contents.Strings[0] := Copy(First_Line_Of_File, 1, Position_Third_Dot) +
Build_Number_In_ASCII +
'\000"';
Old_Resource_File_Name := Full_File_Name_And_Path;
Old_Resource_File_Name := TPath.ChangeExtension (Old_Resource_File_Name, '~rc');
if (TFile.Exists(Old_Resource_File_Name, False)) then
begin
TFile.Delete(Old_Resource_File_Name);
end;
Success := RenameFile(Full_File_Name_And_Path, Old_Resource_File_Name);
if (not Success) then
begin
ShowMessage ('Error renaming old resource file to have extension "~rc".' + #13 + 'Build
Number not incremented.');
Exit;
end;
Resource_File_Contents.SaveToFile(Full_File_Name_And_Path);
finally
Resource_File_Contents.Free;
end;
end;
procedure TIncrementBuildNumber.FormActivate (Sender: TObject);
begin
Close;
end;
end.
{code}
C) In Project Options of the project whose build number should be incremented:
- Remove the tick "include version info".
- Add a pre-build event with the following text, as written, including the two pairs of
double-quotes, substituting the parts within < >:
"<full file name and path of the auto-increment program exe>" "<full file name and path of
the .rc resource file>"
D) Add to the project source, right below the "program" keyword:
{code}
{$R '<whatever you called it>.res' '<whatever you called it>.rc'} // I think both names must
be the same here: IIRC, got errors when they were different.
{code}
E) Compile, run and enjoy the return of Auti-Increment build numbers, despite Embarcadero's having
removed the facility.
EOJ