version history of winword.exe

[zleipner]

Hi,

I am trying to write a script that checks what version of office is
installed, including which SP is applied.
The office versions I want to check is just about all of them from Office 98
and forward until 2003 with patches, whatever there is.

I thought the easiest way to do it would be to check the file version of
winword.exe since it seems to change for every version and update. The
problem is - I can't find a version history of winword.exe

Does anyone know where I could find such a version history? Or one per
office version would be equally great.

Or does anyone have a better idea what to check to detemine version and
servicepack of the office version?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Jonathan West]

You can see the version history of any Microsoft file by typing in the
filename at the following page

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/servicedesks/fileversion/dllinfo.asp

 

[Pete Bennett]

The easiest way of finding out the version number of winword.exe is
Application.Build.

It's a bit easier (and efficient) than using a FileSystemObject. That
webpage didn't work for me, so I could see what it does. Might be my
corporate firewall intefering though...