Subj : Re: Lazarus and FPC
To   : Vince Coen
From : Dan Richter
Date : Tue Jun 12 2018 15:52:45

-=> Vince Coen wrote to Black Panther <=-

Hi Vince,
 
 > Is there a way to use the Lazarus version number set up in the Project
 > Options -=> Version Info, as a variable in the code?

 VC> If you use the configure;make build facilty you can create version,
 VC> build numbering within and just change the vars in configure.in before
 VC> running the build script.

 VC> AS for the info in a program is this for pickup during running or at
 VC> the build stage. If the later that is simple enough even if you issue a
 VC> export version-var before running in a script.

 VC> If the former you will need to check the fpc docs to see if there is a
 VC> function
 VC> for it or write your own or again use an exported vars for your program
 VC> to pick up.

 VC> I do use the developed program version for displays and the printed
 VC> reports but
 VC> the make script does make use of the compiler version sometimes but not
 VC> often as I am more concerned with the platform.

I was able to achieve what I was working on. Gene had posted a link to the info
that I was unable to find in my searches.

One of the programs I'm working on, will announce new files received by a BBS,
by reading the .tic files, which are copied into a seperate directory before
processing. As there are a few people using the program, I thought it would be
easier for me, to be able to see which version they are running. It helps me to
be be able to troubleshoot any issues they might be having. :)

I figure I'm not doing too bad, since I've never had any training in Pascal.
Everything I've done has been self-taught over the last year. I've been so
grateful there are sites like www.freepascal.org... ;)

Thanks,



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