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Our product contains a bunch of modules spread out over several visual studio solutions and uses C++ and C#. I’d like to define a product name and use it as part of default folder locations, registry keys, etc.
What is the simplest way to define this product name in one place? And if I have to use a different approach for C++ and C#, what would you advise for each of them?
This is the solution I will try to implement:
C++ and C# will each have their own function to get the product name, and those functions will have a default name.
The default name can be overwritten by the environment variable “PRODUCTNAME”, this way we can easily build our software under different names by only modifying that environment variable.
[Edit] My C++ solution compiles a DLL which contains (among others) the function:
GetProductName(char* pName, int iSize);
so product name is now only defined in one place.