VIEd: Windows Version Information Resource Editor Program | Open Source

Version	2.17.0
Released	2025-04-12
O/S	Windows XP & later

Overview

Version Information Editor enables version information to be edited. It also creates version information resource source (.rc) files. The program stores details of the version information in its own project (.vi) files. Simple macros can be used to help automate the updating of version information files. Macros can be given constant values, can be included from files and can make environment variable values available for use within version information.

The program can also create binary resource (.res) files containing version information. To do this it needs to use a 3rd party resource compiler such as Borland's BRCC32.

Version Information Editor is copyright © 1998-2025 by Peter Johnson. The executable version of the program is made available under the terms of the Mozilla Public License v2.0. This means you can use, copy and distribute Version Information Editor as you wish.

Command Line Options

The program supports various command line options:

```
vied file-dlg-directory {-E:name=value}
```

vied -makerc vi-file-path [rc-file-path] {-E:name=value}

```
vied -open vi-file-path {-E:name=value}
```
```
vied {-E:name=value}
```

where:

file-dlg-directory specifies the default directory used for all file open dialogue boxes displayed by the program.
-makerc silently opens the .vi file specified by the following vi-file-path parameter and uses the information from the file to generate a .rc file, with the name optionally provided by the following rc-file-path parameter. If rc-file-path is not provided then the required file name is obtained by change the extention of vi-file-path to .rc. The program then closes without ever displaying its GUI.
The optional -open command causes the file specified by the following vi-file-path parameter to be opened in the GUI on startup.
Each of the optional -E:name=value commands defines or overwrites an environment variable that can then be accessed within the program using Env macros.

Download

This program is hosted on GitHub in the delphidabbler/vied repository. The program can be downloaded from the repository's Releases tab.

Each release gives the option of downloading either the programs's installer or the source code. Your options are:

Choose vied-exe-2.17.0.zip to download a zip file containing the program. Extract the content of the .zip file. The included read-me file (ReadMe.txt) explains how to install and use the program.
Choose Source code.zip to download the source code in .zip format.
Choose Source code.tar.gz to download the source code as a g-zipped tarball.

Get release v2.17.0 from GitHub

Documentation

The following documentation is available. All of it opens on GitHub.

Read Me (Markdown file) – contains general information about the program.
Change Log (Markdown file) – lists significant changes made in each program release.
Build File (Markdown file) – provides detailed information on how to build the program from source.

The program also comes with a comprehensive help file accessible from the GUI.

Bugs & Feature Requests

You can report bugs or suggest new features using the Version Information Editor issue tracker on GitHub.

Please review existing bug reports and feature requests before creating a new issue. If an issue already exists you may be able to help by adding a further comment.

You will need a GitHub account if you want to create or edit an issue.