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GetFileVersionInfoSize

Windows Mobile 6.5

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4/8/2010

This function checks whether the OS can obtain version information about a specified file. If version information is available, this function returns the size, in bytes.

Syntax


DWORD GetFileVersionInfoSize(
  LPTSTR lptstrFilename,
  LPDWORD lpdwHandle
);

Parameters

lptstrFilename: [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the file.

lpdwHandle: [out] Pointer to a variable that the function sets to zero.

Return Value

The size, in bytes, of the file version indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

The version information functions are only compatible with 32-bit Windows file images. They are not compatible with 16-bit Windows file images.

Call this function before calling the GetFileVersionInfo function. The size returned by this function indicates the buffer size required for the version information returned by GetFileVersionInfo.

Requirements

Header	winbase.h
Library	coredll.lib
Windows Embedded CE	Windows CE 3.0 and later
Windows Mobile	Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

Reference

File I/O Functions
GetFileVersionInfo

Other Resources

VerQueryValue

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