Re: Scalar reference, pointer to pointer meaning

Using VerQueryValue for file version information on Windows
 
> What I expected to find in $lplpBuffer is instead being 
> written to an unused part of the full buffer ($lpFullBuffer).
 
Got it.
 
Prints like so:
 
 c:\windows\system32\version.dll
        CompanyName      Microsoft Corporation
        FileDescription  Version Checking and File Installation Libraries
        InternalName     version
        OriginalFilename VERSION.DLL
        ProductName      Microsoft« Windows« Operating System
        ProductVersion   5.1.2600.0
        FileVersion      5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
        LegalCopyright   ⌐ Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 
Needed unpack as pointer, see 'perl -f pack'.
 
Not perfect or the best it can be yet, but it works...
 
#!perl.exe 

 

# Script to grab file information in Windows, not covering VS_FIXEDFILEINFO here

#

# Do... GetFileVersonInfoPublic.pl c:\windows\system32\vers*.dll ...for example

#

# email:  ghawk@eskimo.com [Gary Hawkins]

 

use Win32::API;

 

&GetListOfFiles;

&ProcessEachFile;       # sends filename(s) to &GetFileVersionAPI

exit;

 

#############################

sub GetFileVersionAPI 

#############################

{

      $dwHandle      = 0;

      $puLen         = "M" x 8;      # ?

      $lplpBuffer    = "X" x 32;

      $lpdwHandle    = "";           # [out] Pointer to a variable that the function sets to zero. 

 

      $GetFileVersionInfoSize  = new Win32::API("version.dll", "GetFileVersionInfoSizeA", 'PP', N);

      $GetFileVersionInfo      = new Win32::API("version.dll", "GetFileVersionInfoA", 'PNNP', N);

      $VerQueryValue           = new Win32::API("version.dll", "VerQueryValueA", 'PPPP', N);

 

      if ($dwBufferSize = $GetFileVersionInfoSize->Call($filename, $lpdwHandle)) {

            # continue

      } else {

            print "No version info.\n";

            return;

      }

 

      $lpFullBuffer = "#" x $dwBufferSize;

 

      $GetFileVersionInfo->Call($filename, $dwHandle, $dwBufferSize, $lpFullBuffer);      # populate $lpFullBuffer

 

      ### Just get lang and codepage, like 040904B0 or 040904E4

      $lpSubBlock = "\\VarFileInfo\\Translation";

      if ($VerQueryValue->Call($lpFullBuffer, $lpSubBlock, $lplpBuffer, $puLen)) { 

            $LangCode = unpack("p*", $lplpBuffer);

            $LangCode = unpack("h*", $LangCode);

            $LangCode =~ s#^(....)(....).*#$2$1#;

            $LangCode = reverse uc($LangCode);

            #print "\$LangCode ---$LangCode---\n";

      }

 

      ### Now each one

      @pattern = ("CompanyName", "FileDescription", "InternalName", "OriginalFilename", 

                  "ProductName", "ProductVersion", "FileVersion", "LegalCopyright", 

                  "LegalTrademarks", "SpecialBuild", "PrivateBuild", "Comments");

 

      foreach $p (@pattern) {

            $lpSubBlock = "\\StringFileInfo\\$LangCode\\$p";

            if ($VerValue = $VerQueryValue->Call($lpFullBuffer, $lpSubBlock, $lplpBuffer, $puLen)) { 

                  $lplpBuffer = unpack("p*", $lplpBuffer);

                  substr($p, length($p)) = " " x (16 - length($p)); # make fixed width

                  print "\t$p $lplpBuffer\n";

            } else {

                  print "\t$p\t ", Win32::FormatMessage(Win32::GetLastError); 

            }

            #&PrintFullBuffer;

      }

}

 

##################

sub GetListOfFiles 

##################

{

      $filename = $ARGV[0];

      if ($filename && $filename =~ /\*/) {

            $filenameprefix = $filename;

            $filenameprefix =~ s#(.*)\\.*#$1\\#;

            @filenames = `dir /b $filename`;

      } else {

            push @filenames, $filename;

      }

      chomp @filenames;

}

 

####################

sub ProcessEachFile

####################

{

      foreach $filename (@filenames) {

            $filename =~ s#^(.*)#$filenameprefix$1#;

            print "\n $filename\n";

 

            &GetFileVersionAPI;

      }

}

 

#####################

sub PrintFullBuffer 

#####################

{

print "

-------------------------------------------------------\$lpFullBuffer

$lpFullBuffer

-------------------------------------------------------

";

}

 

__END__

 

==========================================================

>filever.exe /v c:\windows\system32\vers*.dll

==========================================================

 

--a-- W32i   DLL ENU      5.1.2600.0 shp     16,384 08-23-2001 version.dll

        Language        0x0409 (English (United States))                  <== 0409

        CharSet         0x04b0 Unicode                                    <== 04b0

        OleSelfRegister Disabled                                    ...together make 040904b0 used above

        CompanyName     Microsoft Corporation

        FileDescription Version Checking and File Installation Libraries

        InternalName    version

        OriginalFilenam VERSION.DLL

        ProductName     Microsoft<edit out unicode> Windows<edit out unicode> Operating System

        ProductVersion  5.1.2600.0

        FileVersion     5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)

        LegalCopyright  <edit out unicode> Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

 

        VS_FIXEDFILEINFO:

        Signature:      feef04bd

        Struc Ver:      00010000

        FileVer:        00050001:0a280000 (5.1:2600.0)

        ProdVer:        00050001:0a280000 (5.1:2600.0)

        FlagMask:       0000003f

        Flags:          00000000

        OS:             00040004 NT Win32

        FileType:       00000002 Dll

        SubType:        00000000

        FileDate:       00000000:00000000

 

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