Re: How to add file version to a executable made from Perl script ?

$ perldoc pp |grep -i version
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            Comments        CompanyName     FileDescription FileVersio
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            ProductName     ProductVersion
    -V, --version
        Display the version number and copyrights of this program.
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        produces a significantly smaller file than the previous versio
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$ perldoc pp |grep -B10  ProductName
    -N, --info=*KEY=VAL*
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        joined by "=". You may specify "-N" multiple times, or use ";"
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        link several pairs.

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            Comments        CompanyName     FileDescription FileVersio
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            InternalName    LegalCopyright  LegalTrademarks OriginalFi
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            ProductName     ProductVersion
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exe_update.pl

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Re^2: How to add file version to a executable made from Perl script ? by samta (Initiate) on Jan 19, 2012 at 09:10 UTC
When I try to run the command exe_update.exe, I am getting the following usage message in return, seems I am not using the command in correct manner. C:\Working\TEM\Source_Code\PatchMgmtSG\TEMAutomation\fixlettester>exe_update.p--info FileVersion=1.2 FixletTester.exe Usage: exe_update.pl --console --icon file.ico [--manifest file.xm --info key=value --manifestargs key=value file.exe Pls suggest ...	[reply]
Re^3: How to add file version to a executable made from Perl script ? by Anonymous Monk on Jan 19, 2012 at 09:55 UTC
Have a coffe/tea/water break, then read Behind the GUI lives the Shell and the docs again I usually use something like this `#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; system 'pp', '-x', 'satin.pl', '-o', 'satin.exe', '-N', 'LegalTrademarks=dLegalTrademarks', '-N', 'Comments=dComments', '-N', 'FileVersion=0.6.6.6', '-N', 'ProductVersion=0.6.6.6', '-N', 'OriginalFilename=satin.pl', '-N', 'InternalName=satin.exe', '-N', 'FileDescription=dFileDescription', '-N', 'LegalCopyright=dLegalCopyright', '-N', 'CompanyName=Satin', '-N', 'ProductName=Satin', ;` [download] Though there are WinXP problems Bug #69570 for Win32-Exe: create_resource_section() fails I don't know if http://www.cavapackager.com/ has the same problem, oh well	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: How to add file version to a executable made from Perl script ? by samta (Initiate) on Jan 25, 2012 at 03:07 UTC
Hi I tried with the following command, but still I am not able to see the version information from File->Properties->Version tab. I tried on windows 2003 machine instead of WinXP. pp -x hello.pl -o hello2.exe -N ProductVersion=0.6 -N FileVersion=0.4 What am I missing here ? Pls help..	[reply]