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getbimversion

Purpose
Retrieve version information of a bim file.
Synopsis
function getbimversion(bf:text):string
Argument
bf 
File to process.
Return value
The version of the package or model as a string or an empty string if the bim file could not be loaded.
Example
Try to retrieve version information for makeutil.bim, assuming it is in the 'dso' directory on the same level as the directory containing the 'mosel' executable: 
 path:=findexec("mosel")
 path:=pathsplit(SYS_DIR,path)        ! Directory containing the 'mosel' executable
 path:=pathsplit(SYS_DIR,path)        ! Remove last directory from path
 writeln(getbimversion(path+"/dso/makeutil.bim"))        ! Output: 1.0.0
Further information
An error message is displayed to the error stream if the file cannot be loaded.
Related topics
getbimdeps

Parent Topic Subroutines

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