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Asked: 2026-05-19T22:07:02+00:00

I’m building a C++ application on a CruiseControl.Net buildserver. The build itself is done

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I’m building a C++ application on a CruiseControl.Net buildserver.

The build itself is done by msbuild and through cruisecontrol.net I have the desired version available – but I can’t get it to be stamped into the c++ output.

Below is my msbuild project file.

Any comments are appreciated,

Anders, Denmark

<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" DefaultTargets="FullBuild" ToolsVersion="3.5">
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\MSBuildCommunityTasks\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets"/>
  <UsingTask TaskName="NCover.MSBuildTasks.NCover" AssemblyFile="C:\Program Files\NCover\Build Task Plugins\NCover.MSBuildTasks.dll"/>
  <UsingTask TaskName="NCover.MSBuildTasks.NCoverReporting" AssemblyFile="C:\Program Files\NCover\Build Task Plugins\NCover.MSBuildTasks.dll"/>

  <ItemGroup>
    <MyBinaries Include="Build\*.*"/>
  </ItemGroup>

  <PropertyGroup>
    <CCNetLabel Condition="$(CCNetLabel)==''">2.0.0.0</CCNetLabel>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <Projects Include="$(vsproject)" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <Target Name="Rebuild">
    <MSBuild Projects="@(Projects)" StopOnFirstFailure="true" ContinueOnError="false" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="version=$(CCNetLabel)" />
  </Target>

</Project>
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  1. Editorial Team

    In your buildscript, create a file (version.info) which will look like this:

    #define BINVERSION 1,2,3,4
#define STRVERSION "1.2.3.4"

    You might need to create a small utility to do that.

    In your resourcefile, you will have a versioninfo rescource, the start will look like this:

    VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION 1,2,3,4
 PRODUCTVERSION 1,2,3,4
(...)
    VALUE "FileVersion", "1.2.3.4"
    VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.2.3.4"

    Replace that with something like this:

    VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION BINVERSION
 PRODUCTVERSION BINVERSION
(...)
    VALUE "FileVersion", STRVERSION
    VALUE "ProductVersion", STRVERSION

    Don’t forget to add #include "version.info" at the top of the resource file

    When you now compile your application, it will have the correct versionnumber. (if you correctly created the version.info).

    Also take a look at Automatic Build Versioning in Visual Studio (codeproject)

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