Luashine / dotnet-pe-version

A PE binary that includes the "Version" field for testing purposes

dotnet-pe-version

This is a minimal program to test the Version field in PE headers. A ready binary is available under "Releases".

1. The Version is present in PE header
2. The Version is printed to STDOUT when run.

• FileVersion == 1.2.3.400
• InformationalVersion == 1.2.3.500 (aka ProductVersion)
• STDOUT text == 1.2.3.400

Compiled for .net 6.0.

Compilation instructions

I used VSCode/VSCodium with the following extensions:

• ms-dotnettools.csharp aka "C#"
• tintoy.msbuild-project-tools aka "MSBuild project tools"
• And a system install of the .NET SDK 6.0

Then you need to open this folder in VSCodium, open Terminal in the IDE. In the Terminal type dotnet run to compile and run the program.

Motivation

I've tried to find a Linux-world tool to create a PE header to include the Version field that I needed for a test of an extractor. I didn't find anything, the only tools there are can only read but not write/create these headers.

It's probably overkill to install the entire IDE etc. just for this, I think it's possible to compile something with just msbuild + PE version header, but it was easier this way.