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Why AGETFILEVERSION() shows older version of WinInet.dll
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30/03/2014 13:14:44
 
 
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30/03/2014 13:11:41
Lutz Scheffler
Lutz Scheffler Software Ingenieurbüro
Dresden, Germany
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows 8
Network:
Windows 2008 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Application:
Desktop
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01597689
Message ID:
01597701
Views:
38
so what does win explorer return? (right click > properties > details tab)
>
>?FULLPATH('wininet.dll')
>*E:\SE\FOXPRO\WININET.DLL
>AGETFILEVERSION(la1, "wininet.dll")
>?la1(11)
>*11.00.9600.16384
>AGETFILEVERSION(la1, "E:\SE\FOXPRO\WININET.DLL")
>?la1(11)
>*11.00.9600.16384
>AGETFILEVERSION(la1, "c:\windows\system32\wininet.dll")
>?la1(11)
>*11.00.9600.16384
>
>
>Edit:
>OS is Win 8.1
>
>Lutz
>>returns: c:\windows\system32\wininet.dll
>>so why the different version reported by vfp I wonder...? curious if anyone else with win8.1 having same result.
>>
>>>
>>>?FULLPATH('wininet.dll',1)
>>>
>>>?
>>>
>>>>That returns my current dir, there's no wininet.dll there. (default behavior of fullpath() )
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone have win8.1 installed and have updated IE11 recently or have windows auto updates on? can you verify you're getting the same version from AGETFILEVERSION() as I am? and that it's different than what win explorer shows if you right click on the file in system32 folder?
>>>>
>>>>>Test
>>>>>
>>>>>?FULLPATH('wininet.dll')
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>against the path expected.
>>>>>
>>>>>Lutz
>>>>>>If you execute the following from the VFP command window (to show the wininet.dll product version):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
? AGETFILEVERSION(la1, "wininet.dll"), la1(11)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It displays: 11.00.9600.16384 as the product version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>But if I use Windows Explorer and right click on either file: "c:\windows\system32\wininet.dll" or "c:\windows\sysWoW64\wininet.dll" and select properties > details, they both show 11.00.9600.16521
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Why the difference? I can't find any other wininet.dll that FoxPro may be finding. (I'm on Win8.1).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I need to check the wininet.dll version installed in my app, because MS recently (as of Feb 28, 2014) updated wininet.dll in an IE11 update which fixed a serious bug in the FTP functions from a previous IE11 update.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bug details here: https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/details/808279/ftpopenfile-and-internetwritefile-broken-changed-in-ie11
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks for any suggestions on how to retrieve the installed wininet.dll version, or why the difference.
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