$VERSIONINFO

The $VERSIONINFO metacommand adds text metadata to the resulting executable for identification purposes across the OS. Windows-only.

Syntax

$VERSIONINFO:key=value

Parameters

• Text keys can be: CompanyName, FileDescription, InternalName, LegalCopyright, LegalTrademarks, OriginalFilename, ProductName, Web, Comments
• Numeric keys can be:FILEVERSION# and PRODUCTVERSION#

Description

• Text and numerical values are string literals without quotes entered by programmer. No variables are accepted. (variable names would be interpreted as literals).
• Numeric key=value must be 4 comma-separated numerical text values entered by programmer which usually stand for major, minor, revision and build numbers).
• Not available in Linux or macOS.

Availability

• Build 20170429/52 and up.

Examples

Example: Adding metadata to a Windows exe compiled with QB64:

$VERSIONINFO:CompanyName=Your company name goes here $VERSIONINFO:FILEVERSION#=1,0,0,0 $VERSIONINFO:PRODUCTVERSION#=1,0,0,0

See also

• $EXEICON
• _ICON
• VERSIONINFO resource (MSDN)

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