Does Windows support additional custom fields in file version information of an executable?

Question

I am writing some code in Lazarus I want to add additional information like, FPC version, Lazarus Version, Git Commit etc.

Is it possible to add fields like this in the project?

The information at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381058(v=vs.85).aspx gives these fields as the standard ones.

Name
Comments
CompanyName
FileDescription
FileVersion
InternalName
LegalCopyright
LegalTrademarks
OriginalFilename
PrivateBuild
ProductName
ProductVersion
SpecialBuild

There is also example code like

#define VER_FILEVERSION             3,10,349,0
#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR         "3.10.349.0\0"

#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION          3,10,0,0
#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR      "3.10\0"

#ifndef DEBUG
#define VER_DEBUG                   0
#else
#define VER_DEBUG                   VS_FF_DEBUG
#endif

VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION     VER_FILEVERSION
PRODUCTVERSION  VER_PRODUCTVERSION
FILEFLAGSMASK   VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
FILEFLAGS       (VER_PRIVATEBUILD|VER_PRERELEASE|VER_DEBUG)
FILEOS          VOS__WINDOWS32
FILETYPE        VFT_DLL
FILESUBTYPE     VFT2_UNKNOWN
BEGIN
    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        BLOCK "040904E4"
        BEGIN
            VALUE "CompanyName",      VER_COMPANYNAME_STR
            VALUE "FileDescription",  VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR
            VALUE "FileVersion",      VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "InternalName",     VER_INTERNALNAME_STR
            VALUE "LegalCopyright",   VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR
            VALUE "LegalTrademarks1", VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR
            VALUE "LegalTrademarks2", VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS2_STR
            VALUE "OriginalFilename", VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR
            VALUE "ProductName",      VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR
            VALUE "ProductVersion",   VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR
        END
    END

    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        /* The following line should only be modified for localized versions.     */
        /* It consists of any number of WORD,WORD pairs, with each pair           */
        /* describing a language,codepage combination supported by the file.      */
        /*                                                                        */
        /* For example, a file might have values "0x409,1252" indicating that it  */
        /* supports English language (0x409) in the Windows ANSI codepage (1252). */

        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252

    END
END

Is it possible to add your own additional fields as I have described above that will be displayed when the user clicks the file in Windows explorer or be retrieved by the FileVersionInfo function in a program.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381058(v=vs.85).aspx — David Heffernan, Jul 11 '16 at 04:25
Look at [Show Application Title, Version, and Company](http://wiki.freepascal.org/Show_Application_Title,_Version,_and_Company) — Abelisto, Jul 11 '16 at 05:17

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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From the response to Custom field in file version in C++ project it is possible, by adding more informaton to the StringFileInfo block from the sample in the question. That answer states that the information should be visible in the file properties dialog in Windows Explorer, but I will have to verify that.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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