script to generate version.rc for windows

generate_version_rc.py

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+import _version
+
+with open('version.rc.template', 'r') as verstf:
+    verstemp = verstf.read()
+    
+major, minor, patch = _version.version.split(".")
+
+verstemp = verstemp.replace("%APPNAME%", _version.appName)
+verstemp = verstemp.replace("%VERSION%", _version.version)
+verstemp = verstemp.replace("%MAJOR_VERSION%", major)
+verstemp = verstemp.replace("%MINOR_VERSION%", minor)
+verstemp = verstemp.replace("%PATCH_VERSION%", patch)
+
+with open('version.rc', 'w') as versf:
+    versf.write(verstemp)

version.rc.template

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+# UTF-8
+#
+# For more details about fixed file info 'ffi' see:
+# http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646997.aspx
+VSVersionInfo(
+  ffi=FixedFileInfo(
+# filevers and prodvers should be always a tuple with four items: (1, 2, 3, 4)
+# Set not needed items to zero 0.
+filevers=(%MAJOR_VERSION%, %MINOR_VERSION%, %PATCH_VERSION%, 0),
+prodvers=(%MAJOR_VERSION%, %MINOR_VERSION%, %PATCH_VERSION%, 0),
+# Contains a bitmask that specifies the valid bits 'flags'r
+mask=0x3f,
+# Contains a bitmask that specifies the Boolean attributes of the file.
+flags=0x0,
+# The operating system for which this file was designed.
+# 0x4 - NT and there is no need to change it.
+OS=0x4,
+# The general type of file.
+# 0x1 - the file is an application.
+fileType=0x1,
+# The function of the file.
+# 0x0 - the function is not defined for this fileType
+subtype=0x0,
+# Creation date and time stamp.
+date=(0, 0)
+),
+  kids=[
+StringFileInfo(
+  [
+  StringTable(
+    u'040904B0',
+    [StringStruct(u'CompanyName', u'Ivan Holmes'),
+    StringStruct(u'FileDescription', u'%APPNAME%'),
+    StringStruct(u'FileVersion', %VERSION%),
+    StringStruct(u'InternalName', u'%APPNAME%'),
+    StringStruct(u'LegalCopyright', u'Copyright (c) Ivan Holmes, 2020. Some rights reserved.'),
+    StringStruct(u'OriginalFilename', u'chordsheet.exe'),
+    StringStruct(u'ProductName', u'%APPNAME%'),
+    StringStruct(u'ProductVersion', %VERSION%)])
+  ]), 
+VarFileInfo([VarStruct(u'Translation', [1033, 1200])])
+  ]
+)