API function to get EA version

[Rick Meng]

My plugin needs to know which EA version is used. Is there an API function can return the current EA version?

Thanks.

[Shaggy Man]

Maybe useful Repository.LibraryVersion .

[philchudley]

As far as I know, and as far as I can discover this information is not available in the API.

However it can be discovered with a little work, well at least in .Net is can

Here is a one line pice of C# .net code

string licenceFilePath = Application.UserAppDataPath;[/b]

The contents of licenceFilePath for my installation running Windows 7 is

C:\Users\pchudley\AppData\Roaming\Sparx Systems Pty Ltd\Enterprise Architect 9\9, 0, 0, 908

If I change version of EA to say Version 8, the same line of code yields

C:\Users\pchudley\AppData\Roaming\Sparx Systems Pty Ltd\Enterprise Architect 8\8, 0, 0, 864

Split the string using \ as the delimiter and the last entry in the string [] will contain (for the first example) 9, 0, 0, 908

That is the version and build number of the EA version that is running your add-in.

Hope this helps in some way.

Cheers

Phil

[clicht]

Try the following (not tested):

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Process proc = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
FileVersionInfo myFI = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(proc.StartInfo.FileName);
myFI.FileVersion; //will give you the version number.


[abruckner]

if you have the repository object, call:

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repository.LibraryVersionThis delivers something like 860 for version 8.60

To get the EA-Version (like Corporate and stuff), call:

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repository.EAVersion
sorry, I was wrong: LibraryVersion does not return the full version of EA.
but clicht was very close how to succeed:
Process proc = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
FileVersionInfo fileVersionInfo = proc.MainModule.FileVersionInfo;

this returns something like "8, 0, 0, 864"