EXE build date 2

[jimstarr]

I've asked this question before.

From within an app (Help/About....) I need to be able to display the date that the exe was built. From previous suggestions I've tried FDATE() and ADIR() but they show modification date rather than create date.

Seems like it should be trivial, but I don't see a native FoxPro way to do this. Do I need an API call?

Thanks!


Jim

 

[alvechurchdata]

I've always used Adir() and Agetfileversion() for my About form. I'm not sure I understand the difference between the create and modify date of an exe.

Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk

 

[jimstarr]

I'm currently using ADIR(). To quote from my user, the current About screen "displays the date the EXE was last saved, installed, or modified - not the date it was created." I was previously using FDATE(), with the same result.

Jim

 

[Mike Gagnon]

http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?example=177&function=273

Mike Gagnon

If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.
ReFox XI (www.mcrgsoftware.com)

 

[Olaf Doschke]

oFS = CreateObject("Scripting.Filesystemobject")
oFile = oFS.GetFile(Sys(16,0))
? Sys(16,0), ' created on ',oFile.DateCreated

Bye, Olaf.

 

[jimstarr]

Thanks for your suggestions. I'm using Olaf's solution.

I do indeed get the creation date of the exe, and this in fact doesn't change when I rebuild the exe. In order to get the date of the new build, I find it necessary to not only delete the previous version of the exe, but also to empty the Recycle Bin prior to build.

Jim