MiniRobotLanguage (MRL)
RES.Extract Version
Extract Resources from a given File
Intention
This command is extract Resources from an EXE- or DLL-File.
These Resources will be stored in Folders with the name of the country code, in a given path.
Here is a Sample-Script.
' This is the path to the Source-File to be extracted
VAR.$$FIA=?path\File.exe
' The second Parameter is the Path to the root the "Target Folder".
RES.Extract Version|$$FIA|?path\
MBX.$tos$
' To analyze the Version-Information in the Script, you can use
RES.Last Version|$$TXT
VAR.$$TXA=$tos$
' The Version-Info is now in $$TXA
MBX.$$TXA
ENR.
This Script will display fist this Messagebox with the path to the ".Ver"-File.:
Secondly it will display a Messagebox with the Content of the ".Ver"-file.
The following picture shows only a part.
This Script will create these folder with the name of the LanguageID for each available Version-Resource, in ?path\.
Inside that Folder you will find the extracted Version Information for each Language-ID.
In most cases the generated ".ver"-File will look somehow like the file below.
It has an own "Pseudocode"-Format.
It is not possible to import this file anywhere. Its just for reading and analyzing.
Syntax
RES.Extract Version|P1|P2
RES.EV|P1|P2
Parameter Explanation
P1 - Path of EXE-File or DLL-File
P2 - Path of Target-Folder
Example
'**********************************************
'#EXE:?path\
'#SPI:ForceWrite
' The following files will be inserted into the Executable.
'#INC:?path\EXEs\File.exe
VAR.$$FIA=?path\File.exe
' The second Parameter is the Path to the root the "Target Folder".
RES.Extract Version|$$FIA|?path\
ENR.
'**********************************************
' Here is a more complex Sample that uses "RES.LastVersion" to display the last extracted Versioninfo
' This is the path to the Source-File to be extracted
VAR.$$FIA=?path\File.exe
' The second Parameter is the Path to the root the "Target Folder".
RES.Extract Version|$$FIA|?path\
MBX.$tos$
' To analyze the Version-Information in the Script, you can use
RES.Last Version|$$TXT
VAR.$$TXA=$tos$
' The Version-Info is now in $$TXA
MBX.$$TXA
ENR.
Remarks
-
Limitations:
Note that the Explorer has its own logic in displaying version Information, dependent on the windows version.
This may get into your way when you have multi-language resources.
See also:
• 2.4.0. '#VER: - Version-Informations