Specify the version at .rc resource file
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# source taken from | |
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4003725/modifying-rc-file-with-python-regexp-involved | |
# target_version = "2,3,4,5" | |
def set_rc_version(rcfile, target_version): | |
with open(rcfile, "r+") as f: | |
rc_content = f.read() | |
# first part | |
#FILEVERSION 6,0,20,163 | |
#PRODUCTVERSION 6,0,20,163 | |
#... | |
# second part | |
#VALUE "FileVersion", "6, 0, 20, 163" | |
#VALUE "ProductVersion", "6, 0, 20, 163" | |
# first part | |
regex_1 = re.compile(r"\b(FILEVERSION|FileVersion|PRODUCTVERSION|ProductVersion) \d+,\d+,\d+,\d+\b", re.MULTILINE) | |
# second part | |
regex_2 = re.compile(r"\b(VALUE\s*\"FileVersion\",\s*\"|VALUE\s*\"ProductVersion\",\s*\").*?(\")", re.MULTILINE) | |
version = r"\1 " + target_version | |
#modified_str = re.sub(regex, version, rc_content) | |
pass_1 = re.sub(regex_1, version, rc_content) | |
version = re.sub(",", ", ", version) #replacing "x,y,v,z" with "x, y, v, z" | |
pass_2 = re.sub(regex_2, r"\g<1>" + target_version + r"\2", pass_1) | |
# overwrite | |
f.seek(0) | |
f.write(pass_2) | |
f.truncate() | |
#set_rc_version(r"C:/repo/projectA/resources/win/projectA.rc", "3,4,5,6") |
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