poke? On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Perl Authors Upload Server wrote:
> > The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: > > modid: Win32::File::Ver > DSLIP: bdcfp > description: Reads Win32 exe,dll (PE) version information > userid: ALEXEYT (Alexey Toptygin) > chapterid: 22 (Microsoft_Windows_Modules) > communities: > > similar: > > rationale: > > Namespace reasonong: this is a Win32-only module so it's under > Win32:: It reads file version information, therefore > Win32::File::Ver. The last bit is shortened to Ver from Version, > because the Microsoft library it links to is called version.dll and > if they have the same name the Microsoft compiler gets confused. > > Also, there already was a module of the same name that did the same > thing (albeit using Win32::API, not XS) that was written by Mike > Blazer sometime in 1999. This seems to have vanished off the face of > the earth (and was never on CPAN). > > This module is a perl wrapper for the Win32 Version API. It lets > you read the version information resource from files in the > Microsoft Portable Executable (PE) format (including programs, DLLs, > fonts, etc). > > This module is useful for writing installers, or other tools that > need to deal with versioned programs or DLLs. > > enteredby: ALEXEYT (Alexey Toptygin) > enteredon: Mon Aug 11 18:26:51 2003 GMT > > The resulting entry would be: > > Win32::File:: > ::Ver bdcfp Reads Win32 exe,dll (PE) version information ALEXEYT > > > Thanks for registering, >
