Visual Basic System Services
GetFileVersionInfo: Retrieve MS ODBC Driver Information
     
Posted:   Tuesday October 19, 1999
Updated:   Monday December 26, 2011
     
Applies to:   VB4-32, VB5, VB6
Developed with:   VB6, Windows NT4
OS restrictions:   None
Author:   VBnet - Randy Birch
     

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 Prerequisites
Installed ODBC drivers.

The code on this page shows both how determine if an installed Microsoft ODBC driver is present on the user's system, and how to retrieve its file version information. MS-supplied ODBC drivers are listed both in the registry and in the odbcinst.ini file located in the \windows or \winnt folder. The routines below use the GetPrivateProfileString methods, as well as GetFileVersionInfo and its related APIs, to populate a listview with the file information. In addition, another method is provided which, when passed and ODBC driver string, returns the driver version alone.

The file version info code is loosely based on code from Karl Peterson's cFileVersionInfo class, available on his site at www.mvps.org/vb/. Karl's class provides a means to extract all the version info available in the Win32 file.

 BAS Module Code
None.

 Form Code
Create a form containing a Listview with 4 columns, two command buttons, a text box, and a label, all with the default control names. Add the following code:

Option Explicit
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Private Const MAX_PATH As Long = 260

Private Type VS_FIXEDFILEINFO
   dwSignature As Long
   dwStrucVersion As Long         'e.g. 0x00000042 = "0.42"
   dwFileVersionMS As Long        'e.g. 0x00030075 = "3.75"
   dwFileVersionLS As Long        'e.g. 0x00000031 = "0.31"
   dwProductVersionMS As Long     'e.g. 0x00030010 = "3.10"
   dwProductVersionLS As Long     'e.g. 0x00000031 = "0.31"
   dwFileFlagsMask As Long        '= 0x3F for version "0.42"
   dwFileFlags As Long            'e.g. VFF_DEBUG Or VFF_PRERELEASE
   dwFileOS As Long               'e.g. VOS_DOS_WINDOWS16
   dwFileType As Long             'e.g. VFT_DRIVER
   dwFileSubtype As Long          'e.g. VFT2_DRV_KEYBOARD
   dwFileDateMS As Long           'e.g. 0
   dwFileDateLS As Long           'e.g. 0
End Type

Private Declare Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" _
   Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" _
  (ByVal sSectionName As String, _
   ByVal sDriverName As Any, _
   ByVal lpDefault As String, _
   ByVal lpReturnedString As String, _
   ByVal nBufferSize As Long, _
   ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long

Private Declare Function GetFileVersionInfoSize Lib "version.dll" _
   Alias "GetFileVersionInfoSizeA" _
  (ByVal lptstrFilename As String, _
   lpdwHandle As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function GetFileVersionInfo Lib "version.dll" _
   Alias "GetFileVersionInfoA" _
  (ByVal lptstrFilename As String, _
   ByVal dwHandle As Long, _
   ByVal dwLen As Long, _
   lpData As Any) As Long
   
Private Declare Function VerQueryValue Lib "version.dll" _
   Alias "VerQueryValueA" _
  (pBlock As Any, _
   ByVal lpSubBlock As String, _
   lplpBuffer As Any, nVerSize As Long) As Long

Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" _
   Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _
  (Destination As Any, _
   Source As Any, _
   ByVal Length As Long)
   
   
Private Sub Command1_Click()

   Dim inifile As String
   Dim lpSection As String
   
   lpSection = "ODBC 32 bit Drivers"
   inifile = "c:\winnt\odbcinst.ini"
   
   Call ODBCGetInstalledDrivers(ListView1, lpSection, inifile)

End Sub


Private Sub Command2_Click()

   Dim inifile As String
   Dim lpSection As String
   Dim sVersion As String
   
   lpSection = Text1.Text
   inifile = "c:\winnt\odbcinst.ini"
   
   sVersion = ODBCGetVersionFromDriverName(lpSection, inifile)
   
   Label1.Caption = "Version " & sVersion

End Sub


Private Sub Form_Load()

   Command2.Enabled = False
   
End Sub


Private Sub ListView1_ItemClick(ByVal Item As MSComctlLib.ListItem)

   Text1.Text = Item.Text
   Command2.Enabled = Len(Text1.Text) > 0
   
End Sub   


Private Function HiWord(dw As Long) As Long
  
   If dw And &H80000000 Then
      HiWord = (dw \ 65536) - 1
   Else
      HiWord = dw \ 65536
   End If
    
End Function
  

Private Function LoWord(dw As Long) As Long
  
   If dw And &H8000& Then
      LoWord = &H8000& Or (dw And &H7FFF&)
   Else
      LoWord = dw And &HFFFF&
   End If
    
End Function


Private Function ProfileGetKeyNameData(sSectionName As String, _
                                       sDriverName As String, _
                                       inifile As String) As String

  'take the string passed as sDriverName and 
  'call GetPrivateProfileString to retrieve the
  'value under section sSectionName
   Dim ret As String
   Dim success As Long
   Dim nBufferSize As Long
     
   ret = Space$(128)
   nBufferSize = CLng(Len(ret))
   success = GetPrivateProfileString(sSectionName, _
                                     sDriverName, "", ret, _
                                     nBufferSize, inifile)
   
  'success will hold the length of the
  'returned value up to the trailing null
   If success Then ProfileGetKeyNameData = Left$(ret, success)

End Function


Private Function StripNulls(startStrg As String) As String

  'take a string separated by nulls,
  'split off 1 item, and shorten the string
  'so that the next item is ready for removal.

  'The passed string must have a terminating
  'null for this function to work correctly.
  'If you remain in a loop, check this first!
   Dim pos As Long
   Dim Item As String
   
   pos = InStr(1, startStrg, Chr$(0))
   
   If pos Then

      StripNulls = Mid$(startStrg, 1, pos - 1)
      startStrg = Mid$(startStrg, pos + 1, Len(startStrg))
    
   End If

End Function


Private Function ODBCGetInstalledDrivers(lv As Control, _
                                         sSectionName As String, _
                                         inifile As String) As Long

  'Loads the listview with the ODBC data contained in odbcinst.ini
  'First, it calls GetPrivateProfileString to get all key
  'name entries under sSectionName. It then loops, passing
  'each key  name to ppGetItemsInfo(), and the returned
  'value is added to the listview.
   Dim success As Long
   Dim nBufferSize As Long
   Dim sInstalled As String
   Dim sDriverName As String
   Dim sDriverFile As String
   Dim sFileVersion As String
   Dim ret As String
   Dim itmx As ListItem
   
   lv.ListItems.Clear
  
  'call the API passing null as the parameter
  'for the sDriverName parameter. This causes
  'the API to return a list of all keys under
  'that section. Pad the passed string large
  'enough to hold the data.
   ret = Space$(2048)
   nBufferSize = Len(ret)
   success = GetPrivateProfileString(sSectionName, _
                                     vbNullString, "", ret, _
                                     nBufferSize, inifile)
   
  'The returned string is a null-separated
  'list of key names, terminated by a pair
  'of null characters. If the Get call was
  'successful, success holds the length of the
  'string in ret up to but not including
  'that second terminating null. The
  'ProfileGetKeyNameData function below extracts
  'each key item using a null as a delimeter,
  'so trim off one of the terminating nulls.
   If success Then
    
     'trim terminating null and trailing spaces
      ret = Left$(ret, success)
      
        'with the resulting string,
        'extract each element
         Do Until ret = ""
      
           'strip off an item. The items correspond to
           'the drivers under this section, so it will
           'be added to the listview below
            sDriverName = StripNulls(ret)
        
           'pass sDriverName to a routine that returns
           'the value associated with that key.
            sInstalled = ProfileGetKeyNameData(sSectionName, sDriverName, inifile)
            
           'the sDriverName is also the name of a corresponding
           'section in the file with the driver info, so
           'we need to retrieve the file & path associated
           'with the "Driver=" key.
            sDriverFile = Space$(MAX_PATH)
            nBufferSize = Len(sDriverFile)
            success = GetPrivateProfileString(sDriverName, _
                                              "Driver", "", _
                                              sDriverFile, _
                                              nBufferSize, inifile)
            
            If success Then

              'we have the path and filename of the
              'driver, so grab the file version and
              'file internal name
               sDriverFile = LCase$(Left$(sDriverFile, success))
               sFileVersion = ODBCGetFileVersion(sDriverFile)
               
              'got the data, so add it to the listview
               Set itmx = lv.ListItems.Add(, sDriverName, sDriverName)
               itmx.SubItems(1) = sDriverFile
               itmx.SubItems(2) = sFileVersion
               itmx.SubItems(3) = sInstalled
               
            End If
      
         Loop
  
   End If
  
  'return the number of items as an
  'indicator of success
   ODBCGetInstalledDrivers = lv.ListItems.Count

End Function


Private Function ODBCGetFileVersion(sDriverFile As String) As String
   
   Dim FI As VS_FIXEDFILEINFO
   Dim sBuffer() As Byte
   Dim nBufferSize As Long
   Dim lpBuffer As Long
   Dim nVerSize As Long
   Dim nUnused As Long
   Dim tmpVer As String
   
  'GetFileVersionInfoSize determines whether the operating
  'system can obtain version information about a specified
  'file. If version information is available, it returns
  'the size in bytes of that information. As with other
  'file installation functions, GetFileVersionInfoSize
  'works only with Win32 file images.
  '
  'A empty variable must be passed as the second
  'parameter, which the call returns 0 in.
   nBufferSize = GetFileVersionInfoSize(sDriverFile, nUnused)
   
   If nBufferSize > 0 Then
   
     'create a buffer to receive file-version
     '(FI) information.
      ReDim sBuffer(nBufferSize)
      Call GetFileVersionInfo(sDriverFile, 0&, nBufferSize, sBuffer(0))
      
     'VerQueryValue function returns selected version info
     'from the specified version-information resource. Grab
     'the file info and copy it into the  VS_FIXEDFILEINFO structure.
      Call VerQueryValue(sBuffer(0), "\", lpBuffer, nVerSize)
      Call CopyMemory(FI, ByVal lpBuffer, Len(FI))
     
     'extract the file version from the FI structure
      tmpVer = Format$(HiWord(FI.dwFileVersionMS)) & "." & _
               Format$(LoWord(FI.dwFileVersionMS), "00") & "."
         
      If FI.dwFileVersionLS > 0 Then
         tmpVer = tmpVer & Format$(HiWord(FI.dwFileVersionLS), "00") & "." & _
                           Format$(LoWord(FI.dwFileVersionLS), "00")
      Else
         tmpVer = tmpVer & Format$(FI.dwFileVersionLS, "0000")
      End If
      
      End If
   
   ODBCGetFileVersion = tmpVer
   
End Function


Private Function ODBCGetVersionFromDriverName(sODBCDriverName As String, _
                                             inifile As String) As String

  'takes a ODBC driver string and sDriverFileurns
  'the driver version
   Dim success As Long
   Dim nBufferSize As Long
   Dim sDriverFile As String
   Dim sFileVersion As String
       
  'call the API passing null as the parameter
  'for the sDriverName parameter. This causes
  'the API to sDriverFileurn a list of all keys under
  'that section. Pad the passed string large
  'enough to hold the data.
   sDriverFile = Space$(MAX_PATH)
   nBufferSize = Len(sDriverFile)
   success = GetPrivateProfileString(sODBCDriverName, _
                                     "Driver", "", sDriverFile, _
                                     nBufferSize, inifile)
   
   If success Then
    
     'trim terminating null and trailing spaces
      sDriverFile = Left$(sDriverFile, success)
      
     'we have the path and filename of the
     'driver, so grab the file version and
     'file internal name
      sDriverFile = LCase$(Left$(sDriverFile, success))
      ODBCGetVersionFromDriverName = ODBCGetFileVersion(sDriverFile)

   End If

End Function
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