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GetFileVersionInfoSize (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

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

See Also

Reference

File I/O Functions
GetFileVersionInfo

Other Resources

VerQueryValue