NANT modify assembly version for C++ project - c++

Question

Below is a snippet of my NANT scripts that read the Assemblyversion from one of my C# project and increase it automatically.
<target name="CheckAssembly">
<echo message="Check Assembly File version..." />
<property name="file.contents" value="" />
<loadfile property="file.contents" file="${properties.path}\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
<regex pattern="(AssemblyVersionAttribute|AssemblyVersion)\(\x22(?'major'\d+).(?'minor'\d+).(?'build'\d+).(?'revision'\d+)\x22\)" input="${file.contents}" />
<property name="application.AssemblyInfo.dir" value="${properties.path}" />
<property name="AssemblyVersion" value="${major}.${minor}.${build}.${int::parse(revision)}" />
<if test="${int::parse(updates.count)>1}">
<property name="AssemblyVersion" value="${major}.${minor}.${build}.${int::parse(revision) +1}" />
<call target="UpdateAssembly" />
</if>
</target>
<target name="UpdateAssembly" description="generates the version number">
<echo message="Setting the build version to ${AssemblyVersion}..." />
<attrib file="${application.AssemblyInfo.dir}\AssemblyInfo.cs" readonly="false" />
<asminfo output="${application.AssemblyInfo.dir}\AssemblyInfo.cs" language="CSharp">
<imports>
<import namespace="System.Runtime.CompilerServices" />
<import namespace="System.Reflection" />
<import namespace="System.Runtime.InteropServices" />
</imports>
<attributes>
<attribute type="AssemblyTitleAttribute" value="${appName}" />
<attribute type="AssemblyDescriptionAttribute" value="" />
<attribute type="AssemblyConfigurationAttribute" value="" />
<attribute type="AssemblyCompanyAttribute" value="Company Name" />
<attribute type="AssemblyProductAttribute" value="" />
<attribute type="AssemblyCopyrightAttribute" value="Copyright © 2010-2013" />
<attribute type="AssemblyTrademarkAttribute" value="" />
<attribute type="AssemblyCultureAttribute" value="" />
<attribute type="AssemblyVersionAttribute" value="${AssemblyVersion}" />
<attribute type="AssemblyFileVersionAttribute" value="${AssemblyVersion}" />
</attributes>
</asminfo>
<attrib file="${application.AssemblyInfo.dir}\AssemblyInfo.cs" readonly="true" />
</target>
Now i am facing my next challenge. I have a C++ project that compiles fine using NANT but I want to update the assembly version similar to what you see above. In this C++ project I have my ProductVersion saved in the resource file (.rc).
Do you know if NANT has any functions/tag that assist in changing this? If not do you have any idea of how I should approach this? I already thought about read file content and use regex to do this.

Answer 1

I know this is a really old question but I have been working on the same problem today. I solved it like this using ANT (please excuse my regex :/ ). I am assuming that Nant will function in a very similar manner to plain ANT.
<echo message="Modifying VersionResource.rc" />
<replaceregexp byline="true" flags="g" encoding="UTF-16LE" >
<regexp pattern="[0-9]+,[0-9]+,[0-9]+,[0-9]+" />
<substitution expression="${adapter_resource}" />
<fileset dir="${my.dir}">
<include name="VersionResource.rc" />
</fileset>
</replaceregexp>
<echo message="Modifying VersionResource.rc again..." />
<replaceregexp byline="true" flags="g" encoding="UTF-16LE" >
<regexp pattern=""(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)){3}"" />
<substitution expression=""${adapter_versions}"" />
<fileset dir="${my.dir}">
<include name="VersionResource.rc" />
</fileset>
</replaceregexp>
${adapter_versions} is set on the command line when calling the build process.