Every new release of a windows driver involved updating the version number in a lot of places, mainly:
- The resource file
- The inf file
- The source file (Mainly for debug purposes)
This was a lot hectic until one day I sat down to unify the version updation to one file, which can be used in all places.
The result is the following file, which we shall call 'version.h'
It can be included in the source and resource file and the defines VER_PRODUCTVERSION and VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR can be used.
It can also be safely included in makefile.inc and the defines STAMPINF_VERSION, STAMPINF_VERSION_STR and STAMPINF_DATE can be used to update the inf files using the stampinf utility that comes with WDK.
Now, every new release requires updating only a single file and has become a lot easier.
- The resource file
- The inf file
- The source file (Mainly for debug purposes)
This was a lot hectic until one day I sat down to unify the version updation to one file, which can be used in all places.
The result is the following file, which we shall call 'version.h'
#ifndef _VERSION_H_ #define _VERSION_H_ #if 0 STAMPINF_VERSION=1,0,0,1 STAMPINF_VERSION_STR="01.00.00.01" STAMPINF_DATE="12/21/2007" #else #define VER_PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,0,1 #define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR "01.00.00.01" #endif #endif |
It can be included in the source and resource file and the defines VER_PRODUCTVERSION and VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR can be used.
It can also be safely included in makefile.inc and the defines STAMPINF_VERSION, STAMPINF_VERSION_STR and STAMPINF_DATE can be used to update the inf files using the stampinf utility that comes with WDK.
Now, every new release requires updating only a single file and has become a lot easier.
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