Short:    v2.8 AmigaDos Version replacement.
Uploader: hparting@hem.passagen.se (Håkan Parting)
Author:   hparting@hem.passagen.se (Håkan Parting)
Type:     util/sys

VersionWB is a replacement for the usual AmigaDos Version command,
which now uses XfdMaster.library if available.

If you want the version information to be presented in
a requester, this program is for you. Instead of
like c:version just tell the version and revision number
by default, VersionWB always tells you all it could find.

VersionWB have these features:

* It will bring up a requester with the version information.

* It support several files in the command line parameter template.

* You can shift-doubleclick an icon with VersionWB and
  then get all that version stuff.

* You may also pick the file you want to know the version number of
  by using a file requester.

* It will find version strings in WB1.3 libraries and devices,
  c:version does not, e.g. narrator.device.

* If you use it with ToolManager you can have an appicon in
  your Workbench. Drop the icon on the appicon, and the
  version information will be presented (if the file contains a
  version string :-)

* It also has an optional text output.

* It recognizes any packed file (uses xfdmaster.library).

* All other features of AmigaDos Version, as far as I know 8-).

* Can be opened on a publicscreen

* Can set the filenote of files to there versioninfo.

* Can set the filedate to the one found in the version string

* Finds even files in your shell-path

Recent changes:

V.2.8 (23.11.97) PUBLIC UPDATE
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NEW: 'VersionWB version 37' shall set the return value. With AmigaDos version
it checks the version of Workbench and then returns the right value. (WARN or 0).
I did not know about this so it wasn't implemented into VersionWB. This led
to problems with some scripts which check that you are using the right Workbench,
when you have renamed versionwb to version.
(The script could tell you that you doesn't have WB 2.04+, while you sure have it.)
NEW: VersionWB >ram:outputfile will now not open a requester. It outputs as text,
compatible to AmigaDos version. VersionWB was incompatible to some scripts which
captured the output.
BUGFIX: Sometimes there was a space before the file-comment set by VersionWB.
Reported by Michael Taylor. Thanks!
NEW: Now VersionWB tries all the shell-paths if it can't find the file in the current directory.
e.g 'VersionWB multiview' should work.
NEW: New command line argument SETDATE. It sets the file's date to the one found in version info.
Suggested by Simon Gilligan.
NEW: New command line argument NOMISC. If set, VersionWB does not show the miscellaneous info.
NEW: New command line argument COMMENT. Short for COMFILE+COMDROPNAME+COMERASE+NOMISC, i.e. comments
the file with the version number & date.
NEW: Now most dates is converted to the format set in Locale-prefs.
BUGFIX: The environmental variables were not read if ENV: wasn't an Device
(it is with HappyENV).

This program is Gift-Ware.
Version 2.8 (23.11.97)
Copyright 1994/1995/1996/1997 Håkan Parting