DEF file syntax error in visual studio 2012

Question

I have a vs project which wouldn\'t compile once I upgraded to visual studio 2012. Its a win32 dll project and it complains about the def file. This is the def file,

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Answer 1

VERSION 3.1.4.1

DEF files are old. Back in ye goode olde days, programmers only ever needed two version numbers, major and minor. The idea of adding a revision and build number was conjured by a manager, not a programmer. A build number, wtf?

You'll have to settle for VERSION 3.1. And yes, that mistake got silently ignored for a very long time. Not anymore, the manager finally found out :)

Use a version resource instead.