Q113892: PRB: GetVersion Returns 3.10 from Windows for Workgroups 3.11

Article: Q113892
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly kbResource kbSDKPlatform kbSysSettings
Last Modified: 09-JUN-1999

3.00 3.10 3.11
WINDOWS
kbprg kbprb

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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GetVersion() returns 3.10 when running under Windows for Workgroups version
3.11.

CAUSE
=====

GetVersion() still returns 3.10 from Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 because
there are too many applications that are checking for version 3.10. GetVersion()
returns 3.10 to maintain compatibility with those applications that check for
Windows version 3.10.

RESOLUTION
==========

Windows applications that use the C language can use the following set of
functions to get the actual version information.

GetFileVersionInfoSize("user.exe"...);
 GetFileVersionInfo("user.exe"...);
 VerQueryValue(...);

For a complete sample application that does this, please see the sample in the
..\SAMPLES\VERSTAMP directory from Microsoft Visual C++.

Below is a Visual Basic program that uses the GetFileVersionInfo() functionto get
the actual version information.

     Declare Function GetFileVersionInfo% Lib "ver.dll"
        (ByVal lpszFileName$, ByVal handle As Any, ByVal
         cbBuf&, ByVal lpvData$)

       Dim pos As Integer
       Dim version As String * 255
       Dim ans As String
       ' get the version info and fill the version string
       ret% = GetFileVersionInfo("user.exe", 0&, 254, version)
       ' find the position in the string where the FileVersion stamp is.
       pos = InStr(1, version, "FileVersion")
       ' 12 = lengh of "FileVersion" +1 for the null
       ' 4  = length of string to return i.e. "3.11"
       ans = Mid$(version, pos + 12, 4)
       ' display answer
       MsgBox ans

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.10

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly kbResource kbSDKPlatform kbSysSettings 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310 kbWinSDK311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Issue type        : kbprb

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