How to get information like copyright, product name, product version on a DLL generated using bmake

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Product: Microstation Connect Edition Update 15 and SDK 
 
 I have generated a native MDL Application(containing .ma and DLL) build on c++ using the MicroStation SDK's bmake tool. When I look at the details tab on the property page of the DLL, the information like product name, product version, file version, Copyright, etc fields are empty. How to get this information on the DLL? 
 I came across the generateAssemblyInfocpp.mki file from the mki folder. I was able to generate a file assemblyinfo.cpp using the mki file, this assemblyinfo.cpp file generated contains all the information which I need on the DLL's property page. If this is the process, then how to use the generated assemblyinfo.cpp to get the required?

Jon Summers · Answer

Devender Choudhary said: How to get information like copyright, product name, product version on a DLL? 
 Create a Win32 resource ( .rc ) file that contains your version info. The simplest way is to use Viz Studio or copy the data below ( Choudhary.rc )... 
 // Microsoft Visual C++ generated resource script.
//
#include "resource.h" // #defines generated by Viz Studio

#define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource.
//
#include "afxres.h"

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// English (United Kingdom) resources

#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENG)
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_UK
#pragma code_page(1252)

#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// TEXTINCLUDE
//

1 TEXTINCLUDE
BEGIN
 "resource.h\0"
END

2 TEXTINCLUDE
BEGIN
 "#include ""afxres.h""
"
 "\0"
END

3 TEXTINCLUDE
BEGIN
 "
"
 "\0"
END

#endif // APSTUDIO_INVOKED

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Version
//

VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION 21,01,20,0
 PRODUCTVERSION 10,15,0,0
 FILEFLAGSMASK 0x17L
#ifdef _DEBUG
 FILEFLAGS 0x1L
#else
 FILEFLAGS 0x0L
#endif
 FILEOS 0x4L
 FILETYPE 0x2L
 FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
BEGIN
 BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
 BEGIN
 BLOCK "080904b0"
 BEGIN
 VALUE "Comments", "BoM uses Item Type instances to store business data"
 VALUE "CompanyName", "Your Company Name"
 VALUE "FileDescription", "Choudhary"
 VALUE "FileVersion", "21.01.20.0"
 VALUE "InternalName", "Choudhary"
 VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (c) 2020..2021 Your company"
 VALUE "OriginalFilename", "Choudhary.dll"
 VALUE "ProductName", "Choudhary CONNECT Edition"
 VALUE "ProductVersion", "10.15.0.0"
 END
 END
 BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
 BEGIN
 VALUE "Translation", 0x809, 1200
 END
END

#endif // English (United Kingdom) resources
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#ifndef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 3 resource.
//

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#endif // not APSTUDIO_INVOKED 
 Compile that using Microsoft's resource compiler. resource.h is generated by Viz Studio. Here's the bmake code... 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Compile the Windows resource files for the DLM
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
$(tempObjects)Choudhary.res : $(baseDir)Choudhary.rc $(baseDir)resource.h
 
 The linker merges that resource file with your projects object files. Put it in the object list in your bmake file... 
 objects	= \
	$(tempObjects)Choudhary.obj \
 $(tempObjects)Choudhary.res \
 ...
 
 There's more here , including a sample project.

How to get information like copyright, product name, product version on a DLL generated using bmake

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