[python-win32] how to determine the version of pywin programmatically ?

[Jim Vickroy]

Mark Hammond wrote:
> Jim Vickroy wrote:
>
>> I notice that the build number appears in:
>>
>>     * pywin32.version.txt
>>
>> but I was hoping for something similar to numpy or PIL.
>
> I can't see a huge gain in pywin32 opening that file just to make it 
> available in __version__, and having it manually maintained in a .py
> file other than 'setup.py' doesn't appeal either - so I'm afraid you 
> need to open that file yourself.  This is what pythonwin does for its 
> about box.
>
> A longer winded alternative is to read the version resources from any 
> of the .dll files - the version number is embedded there - but getting 
> the version string out without win32api is painful.
>
> Mark
>
OK, thanks Mark.  I wanted to be sure I had not missed something obvious 
and it appears (for once) I had not ;-)