Gets the version information of a build specification. This VI returns the Major, Minor, Fix, and Build version numbers, which correspond to the version numbers on the Version Information page of the properties dialog box for the build specification.

You can use this VI to get the version information for a stand-alone applications, installers, .NET interop assemblies, packed libraries, shared libraries, and source distributions.

Note Installer build specifications contain only Major, Minor, and Fix version numbers.

This VI returns an error if you attempt to get version information for a zip file.


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The following block diagram displays a common use case of how this VI works with the Set Build Specification Version VI and Build VI to manage an automatic nightly build process.

Get Build Specification Version.vi—Gets the Major, Minor, Fix, and Build version numbers after reading a project path or project reference.
In Place Element Structure—Reads the Major, Minor, Fix, and Build version numbers returned by the Get Build Specification Version VI and increments only the Build version number.
Set Build Specification Version.vi—Sets the new version information with an incremented Build number.
Build.vi—Creates the new build output with the new version information.