use VS 7.1 macro results as version resource?

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Philipp - 28 Jun 2004 13:47 GMT

hi there,

in VS 7.1 there are various "macros for build commands and properties"
to be used in a project's "properties". those macros include but are
not limited to:
$(ConfigurationName), $(RootNameSpace), $(ProjectName), $(TargetName),
$(WebDeployPath).

i'd like to make use of those macros not only in a project's
particular "property" (i.e. visual studio configuration). for example,
i'd like to use those macros in conjunction with the "version
resource" (versioninfo) of my project:

something like:
BEGIN
BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
BEGIN
BLOCK "080904b0"
BEGIN
[...]
VALUE "Comments", "Built as: $(ConfigurationName)"
VALUE "FileVersion", "1, 0, 0, 1"
END
END
END

in this example the section
VALUE "Comments", "Built as: $(ConfigurationName)"
should expand to something like:
VALUE "Comments", "Built as: Unicode Debug Static"

any idea how to accomplish this?

thanks, philipp (visual studio .NET 2003, C++)

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red floyd - 28 Jun 2004 18:24 GMT

> hi there,
>
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>
> thanks, philipp (visual studio .NET 2003, C++)

I believe RC uses C-style macros.

On the RC command line add /D CONFIGNAME="$(ConfigurationName)"

VALUE "Comments", "Built as: " CONFIGNAME

Warning: I'm not an RC guru.

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Philipp - 20 Jul 2004 12:21 GMT

> On the RC command line add /D CONFIGNAME="$(ConfigurationName)"
>
> VALUE "Comments", "Built as: " CONFIGNAME

no success, yet! i don't know where and how to set MYCONFIGNAME for
the RC.
i tried the project's "properties => resources => general =>
preprocessor definitions".
in my example there's one row present, already:
_DEBUG
so i added another one:
MYCONFIGNAME "$(ConfigurationName)"

whenever you add a definition here, it will modify the "resources =>
command line" parameters.

this is what i tried. none of them work. most of them will produce
errors:

* MYCONFIGNAME "$(ConfigurationName)"
<=> /d "MYCONFIGNAME "Unicode Debug Static""

* MYCONFIGNAME="$(ConfigurationName)"
<=> /d "MYCONFIGNAME="Unicode Debug Static""

* MYCONFIGNAME \"$(ConfigurationName)\"
<=> /d "MYCONFIGNAME \"Unicode Debug Static\""

* MYCONFIGNAME=\"$(ConfigurationName)\"
<=> /d "MYCONFIGNAME=\"Unicode Debug Static\""

* MYCONFIGNAME $(ConfigurationName)
<=> /d "MYCONFIGNAME Unicode Debug Static"

in conclusion: it's possible to "define" something: see "_DEBUG".

but i don't know how to "define" it AND assign it a value.

philipp

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