Hello...

I need some information on which API to use to retrieve an
EXE's verion information. As an alternative to the API, I
could use the Filever tool from the Res. Kit and import the
results, but I'm using a database to further process the
data and would prefer the database to call the API
directly. Much cleaner that way.

I'm new to APIs, so if anyone can help, or point me to some
beginner resources, I'd appreciate it.

Thx,
D.

dsmcd wrote:

> I need some information on which API to use to retrieve an
> EXE's verion information. As an alternative to the API, I
> could use the Filever tool from the Res. Kit and import the
> results, but I'm using a database to further process the
> data and would prefer the database to call the API
> directly. Much cleaner that way.
>
> I'm new to APIs, so if anyone can help, or point me to some
> beginner resources, I'd appreciate it.

Hi

Is your database able to use API's directly?

For the file version, that would be the GetFileVersionInfo API I would think:

http://www.mvps.org/vb/samples.htm#FileInfo

http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q...=lang_en&hl=en



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"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
>Is your database able to use API's directly?
>
>For the file version, that would be the GetFileVersionInfo
>API I would think:
>
>http://www.mvps.org/vb/samples.htm#FileInfo
>
>http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q...=lang_en&hl=en


Thank you. Yes, my database can use API directly. It'll be
a learning curve for me, but I'm sure it'll come in handy.
Thanks for the GetFileVerionsInfo tip.

D.