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Asked: 2026-05-13T07:18:40+00:00

I have a plist that is processed with a precompiled header file and in

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I have a plist that is processed with a precompiled header file and in it there is the “variable” VERSION_STRING used a few times in such fields as CFBundleGetInfoString, ie the value for the key CFBundleGetInfoString is: MyProduct VERSION_STRING Copyright © 2009 MyCorp

In MyHeader.h (which is the set as the Info.plist prefix header I would like to be able to build VERSION_STRING into the form MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH.BUILD where I have

#define MAJOR 1
#define MINOR 0
#define PATCH 0
#define BUILD 23

For some reason I seem to be incapable of doing this. I might just be having one of those moments

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  1. Editorial Team

    Turns out there is actually an Apple Tech Note on this and a solution to the very problem I was having. So, for anyone that may come across this and is having the same problems I was check out Technical Note TN2175: Preprocessing Info.plist files in Xcode Using the C Preprocessor

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