Delphi Version number central but other info decentral - delphi

Question

Background
Upto RS10.3 I used to use Andreas Hausladen DDevExtensions to set my version number in my project sources to be the same for all modules (bpl's/exe), but unfortunately Andreas has stopped updating his tool for RS10.4 and later.
So I am looking for more comfortable ways to set a version number in my app modules than applying multi-file changes to all dproj files with NotePad++.
But... On the other side I do want to keep specific information (like file description etc) specific to the module file.
What I also would like but isnt really a requirement is to have my (c) notice, and other shared info to be centralized in a single file (preferably .rc) as well.
It is not a problem to drop the version info from the dproj files (which are a pain to maintain anyway) and have a specific .rc file for each module instead.
Another advantage would be that having one central version number and (c) file is also a lot better in svn change management since I don't have to commit each and every .dproj file because of the version/build number change.
Investigation
(To be updated as we go along)
I Checked out
How to include Subversion revision number into Delphi project
Incrementing Delphi XE project version number from command line
But those solutions are not really what I am looking for; I am not looking for scripts but a source file/project file way to accomplish my task.
So here's the Q
How can I have one single .rc file containing my version number and use it in other .rc files containing specific version info

Answer 1

Ah I didn't expect it to be this simple...
I Created two .rc files, one with the shared info as #defines SharedVersionDefs.rc:
#define VER_MAJ 1
#define VER_MIN 2
#define VER_SUB 3
#define VER_BUILD 8
#define VER_FILEVERSION VER_MAJ,VER_MIN,VER_SUB,VER_BUILD
#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR ""VER_MAJ,VER_MIN,VER_SUB,VER_BUILD"\0"
// in my app file and product version are the same
#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION VER_MAJ,VER_MIN,VER_SUB,VER_BUILD
#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR ""VER_MAJ,VER_MIN,VER_SUB,VER_BUILD"\0"
#define VER_COMPANYNAME_STR "MyCompany\0"
#define VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR "(c) 2020 "VER_COMPANYNAME_STR"\0"
And one specific file (which would re-appear for each module with different names and contents) SpecificVersion.rc:
/* Use the shared version info from a central file */
#include "SharedVersionDefs.rc"
#ifndef DEBUG
#define VER_DEBUG 0
#else
#define VER_DEBUG VS_FF_DEBUG
#endif
VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION VER_FILEVERSION
PRODUCTVERSION VER_PRODUCTVERSION
BEGIN
BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
BEGIN
BLOCK "040904E4"
BEGIN
VALUE "CompanyName", VER_COMPANYNAME_STR
VALUE "FileDescription", "Specific file description"
VALUE "FileVersion", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
VALUE "InternalName", "Specific internal name"
VALUE "LegalCopyright", VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR
VALUE "ProductName", "LCCAMQM"
VALUE "ProductVersion", VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR
END
END
BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
BEGIN
VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252
END
END
Just had to create these 2 files, set version info in the delphi dproj file to OFF, and then add the specific .rc file to the module's dproj where I want it to appear, in this case a minor delphi project:
program VersionInfoTest;
{$R 'SpecificVersion.res' 'SpecificVersion.rc'}
uses
Vcl.Forms,
uMain in 'uMain.pas' {frmMain},
uVerinfo in 'uVerinfo.pas';
{$R *.res}
begin
Application.Initialize;
Application.MainFormOnTaskbar := True;
Application.CreateForm(TfrmMain, frmMain);
Application.Run;
end.
And I verified this worked.
ATTENTION: Due to RSP-13486 you are required to add the .rc file to the .dproj file as well. Just drag-and-drop in in there using the IDE.
More info regarding the .rc files and examples can be found on MSDN