I use them for documentation purposes as I described.
>>Do you mean read as in interpret? The way I use them is:
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>>Major version = Framework version....how it acts, classlibs, et al as a whole
>>Minor version = New or changed functionality, forms.
>>Revision version = Just a count of time compiled until next minor vers.
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>>>Does anyone know how to read the major, minor and revision version numbers that you can set (or have autoincrement) when you build an .EXE?
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>John,
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>All I was after were the numbers that are stored with each build of the EXE. I wanted to be able to ask the user's which version they have and see if there is an upgrade available. I found out I can get at it by using GetFileVersion in Foxtools.
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>How are you using revision numbers?
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