How do I retrieve the version of a file from a batch file on Windows Vista?

Question

Binary files have a version embedded in them - easy to display in Windows Explorer.

How can I re

Answer 1

I've found this code from Rob Vanderwoude's site:

@ECHO OFF
IF [%1]==[] GOTO Syntax
IF NOT [%2]==[] GOTO Syntax
ECHO.%1 | FIND "?" >NUL
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO Syntax
IF NOT EXIST %1 GOTO Syntax
IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" GOTO Syntax

SETLOCAL
SET FileVer=
FOR /F "tokens=1 delims=[]" %%A IN ('STRINGS %1 ^| FIND /N /V "" ^| FIND /I "FileVersion"') DO SET LineNum=%%A
SET /A LineNum += 1
FOR /F "tokens=1* delims=[]" %%A IN ('STRINGS %1 ^| FIND /N /V "" ^| FIND "[%LineNum%]"') DO SET FileVer=%%B
SET FileVer
ENDLOCAL
GOTO:EOF

:Syntax
ECHO.
ECHO FileVer.bat,  Version 1.00 for NT 4 / 2000 / XP
ECHO Display the specified file's version number
ECHO.
ECHO Usage:  FILEVER  progfile
ECHO.
ECHO Where:  "progfile" is the name of a Windows executable, DLL, or system file
ECHO.
ECHO Uses SysInternal's STRINGS.EXE, avalable at http://www.sysinternals.com
ECHO.
ECHO Written by Rob van der Woude
ECHO http://www.robvanderwoude.com

Looks interesting as it uses STRINGS from SysInternals.