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> 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). As far as I know, Windows never hands back a newly-allocated data buffer to you. The idea is that you call GetFileVersionInfoSize() to see how big /all/ of the version information is, allocate yourself a buffer (with malloc() or similar in C) and call GetFileVersionInfo() to get all of the information locally, and then call VerQueryValue() to slice up what you have into useful parts. VerQueryValue() will return the address and length of a section within your version info buffer. > > Got it. > Well done Gary. One thing: 'use strict' (but then you knew that!) Cheers, RobThread Previous | Thread Next