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Version Information Component

Release:	3.3
Date:	3 November 2010
Delphi Compatibility: Key	D1   D2   D3   D4   D5   D6   D7  D2005 D2006 D2007 D2009 D2010  DXE  DXE2

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Change Log

• Added operator overloads to TPJVersionNumber record when compiled with Delphi 2006 and later to:
  • Support equality tests using =, <>, <, <=, > and >= operators.
  • Support implicit casting to a string which formats the version number as a dotted quad (issue #12: http://code.google.com/p/ddab-lib/issues/detail?id=12).
• Added new helper functions primarily for use with Delphi 2005 and earlier:
  • CompareVerNums - compares two version number records.
  • VerNumToStr - formats a version number as a dotted quad.
• Updated TPJVersionNumber topic in help file re changes.
• Updated HTML documentation.

• Changed method used to get character set descriptions. These are now obtained from operating system where possible instead of from hard-wired values.
• Added compiler directive to switch off unsafe code warnings on compilers that support the directive.
• Added copy of Mozilla Public License.
• Corrected error in help file.
• Modified Demo 2 to enable it to compile on Delphi 2 and 3.
• Updated documentation and included shortcut file that links to component Wiki.

• Changed component to Mozilla public license.
• Fixed minor bug in VIDemo project.
• Revised HelpEgs demo project to access related help file topics.
• Updated help file to make examples available from component's main page.
• Updated HTML documentation.

• Fixed to be compatible with C++ Builder - direct access to fields of TVSFixedFileInfo in property declarations were replaced by calls to an indexed property getter function.

• Changed component palette from PJSoft to DelphiDabbler.
• Updated HTML documentation.
• Changed copyright message in help file.

• Added ability to access all "translations" stored in a file's version information, rather than just first one. This has been done so that code using earlier versions of this component should continue to work unchanged.
• Added new property to expose fixed file information record.
• Added new "string array" property to give access to string information by name: this property can access any custom string information if the name is known.
• Added properties to return number of "translations" and to select index of "translation" to be used.
• Added properties to return language and character set codes in addition to descriptive strings.
• All string info, language and character set properties now return values from the currently selected translation (which defaults to the first translation maintaining backward compatibilty).
• Empty FileName property now accesses name of host application per command line rather than using Application.ExeName.
• CharSet property now returns '' for unknown value rather than 'Unknown'.
• Renamed TVersionNumber record to TPJVersionNumber.
• Replaced Tvs_FixedFileInfo record with use of Windows unit defined type TVSFixedFileInfo.
• Renamed unit to PJVersionInfo.
• Changed component palette from "PJ Stuff" to "PJSoft".
• Added two demo programs, one is a sample version information reading program and the other implements examples from the help file.

• Changed unit name from VerInfo to VInfo to allow component to install under Delphi 3 & 4 (VerInfo clashes with an existing unit in these versions).
• Removed superfluous conditional compilation directives.
• Updated HTML documentation to separate 16 bit from 32 bit version, to to include installation notes for Delphi 3/4 and to include update history.

• Changed palette where component installs to "PJ Stuff" from "Own".
• Added HTML documentation (shared documentation with Release 1.0.1).
• Included 16 bit Version Information Component release v1.0.1

• Forked development - 32 bit development (this fork) began with v2.0 while the 16 bit version continued with v1.0.1
• Revised for use with Win32 - not backwards compatible with v1.0

• Original version - 16 bit only.