Get File Language

13 posts

kookhJune 9, 2006 at 12:41 AM#

Get File Language

Is it possible to get the (spoken not programming) language of an EXE or DLL file ? What I'm looking for is something similar to GetDLLVersion: to return the Language value that appears under the Version tab in the Properties dialog of an EXE or DLL file.

AndersJune 9, 2006 at 6:35 AM#

i think that is just the language of the version info, and a exe/dll can contain version info in many languages in one file

kookhJune 9, 2006 at 8:53 AM#

fine, I want to read the language of the version info. Would you happen to know how ?

onadJune 9, 2006 at 12:07 PM#

See my "MoreInfo" plugin sourcecode for how to do this.

You can just also try the plugin, but it still has (for the spoken language) not a 100% score of result (e.g. if the resource in the EXE of DLL is build differently.

If you encounter a defect I'll improve the plugin for you, if you promise to retest improved version! well if that is not a good offer... 😉

kookhJune 13, 2006 at 5:43 PM#

I'm sorry but your Plugin gets the language of the OS. What I'm talking about is something similar to GetTransTable here (but that's delphi)

Afrow UKJune 13, 2006 at 5:45 PM#

I think what onad is saying is that languages being used in programs (DLL/EXE) are specified by the OS and not the programs themselves.

-Stu

kookhJune 13, 2006 at 5:55 PM#

Originally posted by Afrow UK
I think what onad is saying is that languages being used in programs (DLL/EXE) are specified by the OS and not the programs themselves.

-Stu

Oh, well the program whose language I'm trying to obtain is available in different languages, and well I've tried it in several languages on my OS.

To be more exact, I included a screenshot. 0x0409 is 1033 in decimal which means English (United States). That is under the version info of a dll. What I'm aiming to is to read the 0x0409 part.

Afrow UKJune 13, 2006 at 5:58 PM#

Try this out:

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Reading_Message_Table_resources_from_DLL_files

It was only put up a few days ago, so the author is still around if you need any help.

-Stu

kookhJune 13, 2006 at 10:20 PM#

Well that covers String Tables not version info... two totally different types of resources

InstructorJune 14, 2006 at 3:46 AM#

GetFileInfo plugin

CancerFaceJune 14, 2006 at 3:52 AM#

Do any of these functions achieve what you are after?
CF

kookhJune 14, 2006 at 11:31 AM#

actually Instructor's DLL works great! Thanks for that mate... exactly what I needed 🙂

onadJune 15, 2006 at 12:01 PM#

kookh wrote:
> I'm sorry but your Plugin gets the language of the OS.

Also, but not only! also the language of a chosen DLL/EXE see the documentation...

That's why it is called "MoreInfo" not "OSLangInfo" 😉