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FileSystemObject..GetFileVersion()

Has anyone successfully used the FileSystemObject.GetFileVersion
function to get the version of a file on a remote machine? and if so
how? I'm not able to get it to work. It works from a VBScript
application, but not from C#...

Jul 21 '05 #1
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Has anyone successfully used the FileSystemObject.GetFileVersion
function to get the version of a file on a remote machine? and if so
how? I'm not able to get it to work. It works from a VBScript
application, but not from C#...


Why would you use the FileSystemObject over .NET's FileVersionInfo
class for this in C#?

Mattias

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Jul 21 '05 #2
Has anyone successfully used the FileSystemObject.GetFileVersion
function to get the version of a file on a remote machine? and if so
how? I'm not able to get it to work. It works from a VBScript
application, but not from C#...


Why would you use the FileSystemObject over .NET's FileVersionInfo
class for this in C#?

Mattias

--
Mattias Sjögren [MVP] mattias @ mvps.org
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Jul 21 '05 #3
Will FileVersionInfo work for files on a remote machine?

Jul 21 '05 #4
Will FileVersionInfo work for files on a remote machine?

Jul 21 '05 #5
Will FileVersionInfo work for files on a remote machine?


Don't think I've ever tried it, but I don't see why it wouldn't.

Mattias

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Jul 21 '05 #6
I just got it to work, but I had to use the WindowsIdentity class with
the LogonUser api function to impersonate a user with access to the
machine.

Jul 21 '05 #7
Will FileVersionInfo work for files on a remote machine?


Don't think I've ever tried it, but I don't see why it wouldn't.

Mattias

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Mattias Sjögren [MVP] mattias @ mvps.org
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Jul 21 '05 #8
I just got it to work, but I had to use the WindowsIdentity class with
the LogonUser api function to impersonate a user with access to the
machine.

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