plugin to get version info from application

[MerijnB]

Hi all,

Is anyone aware of a way / plugin to get the version out of an application (GetFileVersionInfo() api call)?

Thanks!

[jsmorley]

There isn't a plugin for that, but you can use the little sigcheck.exe utility from Microsoft and the RunCommand plugin for Rainmeter to get that info:

sigcheck.exe from Microsoft

Note that you need to run sigcheck.exe one time manually, to agree to the licence terms.

Everything you need is included in the .rmskin. Just install it.

ProgramInfo_1.0.rmskin

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1
OnRefreshAction=[!CommandMeasure GetProgramInfo "Run"]

[GetProgramInfo]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program=""#@#Addons\sigcheck.exe" "C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.exe""
State=Hide
OutputType=ANSI
FinishAction=[!ShowMeter MeterProductVersion]

[GetProgramName]
Measure=String
String=[GetProgramInfo]
DynamicVariables=1
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="(?siU)^.*Product:\t(.*)\n.*$":"\1","#CRLF#":""

[GetProgramVersion]
Measure=String
String=[GetProgramInfo]
DynamicVariables=1
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="(?siU)^.*Prod version:\t(.*)\n.*$":"\1","#CRLF#":""

[MeterProductVersion]
Meter=String
FontSize=13
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=47,47,47,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
AntiAlias=1
Text=Program Name: [GetProgramName]#CRLF#Version: [GetProgramVersion]
Hidden=1
DynamicVariables=1

sigcheck.exe output will be:

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Sigcheck v2.1 - File version and signature viewer
Copyright (C) 2004-2014 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

c:\program files\rainmeter\Rainmeter.exe:
	Verified:	Signed
	Signing date:	12:04 PM 11/21/2014
	Publisher:	Open Source Developer
	Description:	n/a
	Product:	Rainmeter
	Prod version:	3.2.0.2343 (64-bit)
	File version:	3.2.0.2343
	MachineType:	64-bit

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[rbriddickk84]

Hi!

Is there a way to Substitute the version, to get only the numbers, like:
"3202343"

instead of

"3.2.0.2343 (64-bit)"

I am working on a small version checker and notify skin, and i can only check numbers only in calc measure.

[jsmorley]

Hi!

Is there a way to Substitute the version, to get only the numbers, like:
"3202343"

instead of

"3.2.0.2343 (64-bit)"

I am working on a small version checker and notify skin, and i can only check numbers only in calc measure.

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1

[MeasureString]
Measure=String
String=3.2.0.2343 (64-bit)
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^(\d).(\d).(\d).(\d\d\d\d).*$":"\1\2\3\4"

[MeasureCalc]
Measure=Calc
Formula=[MeasureString]
DynamicVariables=1

[MeterString]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureCalc
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=47,47,47,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
AntiAlias=1

The thing to be careful of when using Substituted values in Calc measures or other formulas, is that you always use the "string value" of the source measure, and not the "number value". That is why this is Formula=[MeasureString] and NOT Formula=MeasureString. The number value of a measure, if it even has a valid one, is never "substituted", only string values are.

[rbriddickk84]

Wow, thank you very much!

Uhm, can i ask one more thing, about that Substitution. I tried to figure it out, how those parts works, it seems a totally different substitution form. Is there any documentation about that i missed?

[jsmorley]

Wow, thank you very much!

Uhm, can i ask one more thing, about that Substitution. I tried to figure it out, how those parts works, it seems a totally different substitution form. Is there any documentation about that i missed?

https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual-beta/measures/general-options/substitute/#RegExpSubstitute

https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual-beta/skins/option-types/#RegExp

P.S. That one I used is pretty "future resistant" as we are not likely to have more digits in any of the version, sub version, minor version or build values anytime in the next few years, but to be "future proof" you might use:

Substitute="^([\d]{1,4}).([\d]{1,4}).([\d]{1,4}).([\d]{4,8}).*$":"\1\2\3\4"

Doubt we are ever going to get to version 10000 of Rainmeter... Unless my great, great grandchildren create one for the computer they have implanted in their retinas. Hard to say what version numbers will look like in the Galactic Common Language anyway...

[rbriddickk84]

Doubt we are ever going to get to version 10000 of Rainmeter... Unless my grandchildren create one for the computer they have implanted in their retinas.

You never know

Million thanks for your helps Sir!

[jsmorley]

You never know

Million thanks for your helps Sir!

I am a leaf on the wind...

[rbriddickk84]

Oh my God, this RegExp and it's Substitution are a nightmare
Probably i will learn Chinese sooner than that

I made a possibly working version update notifier skin, is that worth sharing, or someone else already made one here?

[jsmorley]

It's simple!!!

String:
3.2.0.2343 (64-bit)

Regular Expression:
^([\d]{1,4}).([\d]{1,4}).([\d]{1,4}).([\d]{4,8}).*$

What the expression does:

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^ asserts position at start of the string
1st Capturing Group ([\d]{1,4})
Match a single character present in the list below [\d]{1,4}
{1,4} Quantifier — Matches between 1 and 4 times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
\d matches a digit (equal to [0-9])
. matches any character (except for line terminators)
2nd Capturing Group ([\d]{1,4})
Match a single character present in the list below [\d]{1,4}
{1,4} Quantifier — Matches between 1 and 4 times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
\d matches a digit (equal to [0-9])
. matches any character (except for line terminators)
3rd Capturing Group ([\d]{1,4})
Match a single character present in the list below [\d]{1,4}
{1,4} Quantifier — Matches between 1 and 4 times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
\d matches a digit (equal to [0-9])
. matches any character (except for line terminators)
4th Capturing Group ([\d]{4,8})
Match a single character present in the list below [\d]{4,8}
.* matches any character (except for line terminators)
* Quantifier — Matches between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
$ asserts position at the end of the string, or before the line terminator right at the end of the string (if any)

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Full match	0-19	`3.2.0.2343 (64-bit)`
Group 1.	0-1	`3`
Group 2.	2-3	`2`
Group 3.	4-5	`0`
Group 4.	6-10	`2343`

https://regex101.com/

Ok, maybe not "simple"...