I'm updating a legacy app and it has some functionality that detects the version of Internet Explorer that's installed, just for display and error reporting not because any components are required. The code used for IE version detection is basically the code from VBnet - DllGetVersion: Detailed Internet Explorer Version Info (Author: Kay-Christian Hansen, VBnet - Randy Birch). Unfortunately this code doesn't detect IE version greater than IE6.
So I'm wondering what the accepted VB6 method of detecting the installed version of Internet Explorer is these days?
Thanks.
Here is a class I use to get file version information:
Option Explicit 'property storage variables Private m_strCompanyName As String Private m_strFileDescription As String Private m_strFileVersion As String Private m_strInternalName As String Private m_strCopyright As String Private m_strOriginalFileName As String Private m_strProductName As String Private m_strProductVersion As String Private m_strPrivateBuild As String Private m_strSpecialBuild As String Private m_strComments As String Private m_strLegalTrademark As String Private Declare Function GetFileVersionInfo Lib "Version.dll" Alias "GetFileVersionInfoA" (ByVal lptstrFilename As String, ByVal dwhandle As Long, ByVal dwlen As Long, lpData As Any) As Long Private Declare Function GetFileVersionInfoSize Lib "Version.dll" Alias "GetFileVersionInfoSizeA" (ByVal lptstrFilename As String, lpdwHandle As Long) As Long Private Declare Function GetSystemDirectory Lib "Kernel32" Alias "GetSystemDirectoryA" (ByVal Path As String, ByVal cbBytes As Long) As Long Private Declare Function lstrcpy Lib "Kernel32" Alias "lstrcpyA" (ByVal lpString1 As String, ByVal lpString2 As Long) As Long Private Declare Sub MoveMemory Lib "Kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (dest As Any, ByVal Source As Long, ByVal Length As Long) Private Declare Function OpenFile Lib "Kernel32" (ByVal lpFileName As String, lpReOpenBuff As OFSTRUCT, ByVal wStyle As Long) As Long Private Declare Function VerQueryValue Lib "Version.dll" Alias "VerQueryValueA" (pBlock As Any, ByVal lpSubBlock As String, lplpBuffer As Any, puLen As Long) As Long Private Const OFS_MAXPATHNAME = 128 Private Const OF_EXIST = &H4000 Private Const INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE = -1 Private Type OFSTRUCT cBytes As Byte fFixedDisk As Byte nErrCode As Long Reserved1 As Long Reserved2 As Long szPathName(OFS_MAXPATHNAME) As Byte End Type Public Function GetVersionInfo(ByRef lpFile As String) As Boolean Dim buffer As String Dim rc As Long Dim FullFileName As String Dim sFName As String Dim lBufferLen As Long Dim lDummy As Long On Error GoTo errGetVersionInfo If FileExists(lpFile) Then buffer = String(255, 0) '*** Get size **** lBufferLen = GetFileVersionInfoSize(lpFile, lDummy) If lBufferLen 0 Then Dim bytebuffer(255) As Byte MoveMemory bytebuffer(0), lVerPointer, lBufferLen Dim Lang_Charset_String As String Dim HexNumber As Long HexNumber = CLng(bytebuffer(2)) + CLng(bytebuffer(3)) * &H100 + _ CLng(bytebuffer(0)) * &H10000 + CLng(bytebuffer(1)) * &H1000000 Lang_Charset_String = Hex(HexNumber) 'now we change the order of the language id and code page 'and convert it into a string representation. 'For example, it may look like 040904E4 'Or to pull it all apart: '04------ = SUBLANG_ENGLISH_USA '--09---- = LANG_ENGLISH ' ----04E4 = 1252 = Codepage for Windows:Multilingual Do While Len(Lang_Charset_String) 0 End If 'lBufferLen INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE Then FileExists = True Else FileExists = False End If End Function Friend Property Get CompanyName() As String CompanyName = m_strCompanyName End Property Private Property Let CompanyName(ByVal vNewValue As String) m_strCompanyName = Trim$(vNewValue) End Property Friend Property Get FileDescription() As String FileDescription = m_strFileDescription End Property Private Property Let FileDescription(ByVal vNewValue As String) m_strFileDescription = Trim$(vNewValue) End Property Friend Property Get FileVersion() As String FileVersion = m_strFileVersion End Property Private Property Let FileVersion(ByVal vNewValue As String) m_strFileVersion = Trim$(vNewValue) End Property Friend Property Get InternalName() As String InternalName = m_strInternalName End Property Private Property Let InternalName(ByVal vNewValue As String) m_strInternalName = Trim$(vNewValue) End Property Friend Property Get Copyright() As String Copyright = m_strCopyright End Property Private Property Let Copyright(ByVal vNewValue As String) m_strCopyright = Trim$(vNewValue) End Property Friend Property Get OriginalFileName() As String OriginalFileName = m_strOriginalFileName End Property Private Property Let OriginalFileName(ByVal vNewValue As String) m_strOriginalFileName = Trim$(vNewValue) End Property Friend Property Get ProductName() As String ProductName = m_strProductName End Property Private Property Let ProductName(ByVal vNewValue As String) m_strProductName = Trim$(vNewValue) End Property Friend Property Get ProductVersion() As String ProductVersion = m_strProductVersion End Property Private Property Let ProductVersion(ByVal vNewValue As String) m_strProductVersion = Trim$(vNewValue) End Property Friend Property Get PrivateBuild() As String ProductVersion = m_strPrivateBuild End Property Private Property Let PrivateBuild(ByVal vNewValue As String) m_strPrivateBuild = Trim$(vNewValue) End Property Friend Property Get SpecialBuild() As String ProductVersion = m_strSpecialBuild End Property Private Property Let SpecialBuild(ByVal vNewValue As String) m_strSpecialBuild = Trim$(vNewValue) End Property Friend Property Get Comments() As String Comments = m_strComments End Property Private Property Let Comments(ByVal vNewValue As String) m_strComments = vNewValue End Property Friend Property Get LegalTrademark() As String LegalTrademark = m_strLegalTrademark End Property Private Property Let LegalTrademark(ByVal vNewValue As String) m_strLegalTrademark = vNewValue End Property
These are my results for IE 8.
Company name: Microsoft Corporation
File description: Internet Explorer
Product version: 8.00.6001.18702 (longhorn_ie8_rtm(wmbla).090308-0339)
Internal name: iexplore
Legal copyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Original file name: IEXPLORE.EXE
Product name: Windows® Internet Explorer
Comments: Windows® Internet Explorer
Trademarks: Windows® Internet Explorer
File version: 8.00.6001.18702 (longhorn_ie8_rtm(wmbla).090308-0339)
Private build:
Special build: