[Gambas-user] Application.Version of another program

[T Lee Davidson]

On 12/9/21 11:33 AM, Admin wrote:
> Don't even remember how many times I bumped into wanting this feature while writing a programm in Gambas, so I decided to ask:
> Is it possible to create such feature, that can easily print another .gambas program version?
> Like
> 
> if Application.Version("~/a.gambas") = "0.0.1" then print "pre-alpha"
> 
> if Application.Version("~/a.gambas") > Application.Version then AutoUpdateSub
> 
> Would be so much less pain to implement autoupdating software. Not that I don't have an established mechanism of doing so, but...
> 
> Best regards,
> Dmitry

Consider submitting a feature request for that at the Gambas Bugtracker.

In the meantime, you could implement your own function as below:

Public Sub Main()

   Dim rMatch As RegExp

   rMatch = New RegExp(File.Load("a.gambas"), "Version=(.*)\n")
   Print rMatch[1].Text

End


-- 
Lee