Application Versioning

Applications that are built on the Windows platform contain a set of version properties that can be set when the application is linked.The Implementation Toolset includes a set of files to link this version information into the applications generated with CA Gen, particularly GUI DLLs, Block-mode and Sever EXEs, Cascade DLLs, and 0perations library DLLs.

This version information is visible in the CA Gen generated DLLs or EXE's Properties window in the Version tab as illustrated below:

Version information visible in the CA Gen generated DLLs or EXE's Properties window in the Version tab

In order to modify the version information displayed for CA Gen generated applications, the following files are delivered:

generic.rc—This is a Windows Resource file, containing several resource definitions that are utilized by the Resource Compiler. When linked into the CA Gen generated application, the fields available within the Version tab of the Properties Dialog are populated.
application.h—This header file provides a set of #define macros that are then used by the resource definitions provided in the generic.rc file. This file can be customized.
applno.bat—This Windows batch procedure is executed during the building of a CA Gen generated application, and is responsible for incrementing an application build count and refreshing the application’s build timestamp. The results of the build count and timestamp are stored in an application specific header file that is also made available to the generic.rc file.

This section contains the following topics:

How Application Versioning Works