Can you get version of the app in the installer

I'm trying to figure out how to extract the version of the app on the installer without installing the application.

If it helps, I'm working on some tools for managing labview applications. Who keep track of installed application versions and new versions available on the network. First of all, I need to make a tool that can take the installer, he zip up to a single file on our file server and update the list of available versions. If I can't find the version of the installer, then I need the tool to build the installer. That may be the way I eventually go if I can't get the version.

On that note: does anyone know if the installer of labview can be driving command line? So I might have to our server builds as the installer

Thank you.

Nate,

Your first link is the link to this topic? Y at - there another link?

Creating a batch file is a bit what I had to do. Sorta.

The Solution:

So I figured out how to do this. I'll try to add excerpts from PNG of what I did.

First off, I know how to get the version of a file using .net calls. Therefore, this process is an excerpt from the PNG.

Then, I needed to find a way get the exe file in the folder install without installing anything. I tried to build the cabinet.dll orders CAB in labview but got stuck after about an hour. My next way was the way to cheat, but it works. I use the EXPAND.exe windows command line program and send the CAB file that has the exe, I need to look at the path. I then run FileVersionInfo on the EXE and delete the file.

So far, my hypothesis is that the installer will make a /bin/dp/data.cab file, and the main EXE will be there named something. EXE.something for *. EXE.* is what I extracted. If there are multiple EXE files then I'll have to rethink my Subvi. For now, most of our applications is single EXE files.

Maybe it will be useful to someone else? Maybe not.

Tags: NI Software

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