VersionCompare

Author: Instructor (talk, contrib)

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You can use the latest version of headers (recommended) or the following function code (put the function code in your script before calling it)

Function Description

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                            VersionCompare v1.0
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Thanks Afrow UK (Based on his Function "VersionCheckNew2")
 
 
Compare version numbers.
 
 
Syntax:
${VersionCompare} "[Version1]" "[Version2]" $var
 
"[Version1]"        ; First version
"[Version2]"        ; Second version
$var                ; Result:
                    ;    $var=0  Versions are equal
                    ;    $var=1  Version1 is newer
                    ;    $var=2  Version2 is newer

Example:

Section
	${VersionCompare} "1.1.1.9" "1.1.1.01" $R0
	; $R0="1"
SectionEnd

Function Code

Function VersionCompare
	!define VersionCompare `!insertmacro VersionCompareCall`
 
	!macro VersionCompareCall _VER1 _VER2 _RESULT
		Push `${_VER1}`
		Push `${_VER2}`
		Call VersionCompare
		Pop ${_RESULT}
	!macroend
 
	Exch $1
	Exch
	Exch $0
	Exch
	Push $2
	Push $3
	Push $4
	Push $5
	Push $6
	Push $7
 
	begin:
	StrCpy $2 -1
	IntOp $2 $2 + 1
	StrCpy $3 $0 1 $2
	StrCmp $3 '' +2
	StrCmp $3 '.' 0 -3
	StrCpy $4 $0 $2
	IntOp $2 $2 + 1
	StrCpy $0 $0 '' $2
 
	StrCpy $2 -1
	IntOp $2 $2 + 1
	StrCpy $3 $1 1 $2
	StrCmp $3 '' +2
	StrCmp $3 '.' 0 -3
	StrCpy $5 $1 $2
	IntOp $2 $2 + 1
	StrCpy $1 $1 '' $2
 
	StrCmp $4$5 '' equal
 
	StrCpy $6 -1
	IntOp $6 $6 + 1
	StrCpy $3 $4 1 $6
	StrCmp $3 '0' -2
	StrCmp $3 '' 0 +2
	StrCpy $4 0
 
	StrCpy $7 -1
	IntOp $7 $7 + 1
	StrCpy $3 $5 1 $7
	StrCmp $3 '0' -2
	StrCmp $3 '' 0 +2
	StrCpy $5 0
 
	StrCmp $4 0 0 +2
	StrCmp $5 0 begin newer2
	StrCmp $5 0 newer1
	IntCmp $6 $7 0 newer1 newer2
 
	StrCpy $4 '1$4'
	StrCpy $5 '1$5'
	IntCmp $4 $5 begin newer2 newer1
 
	equal:
	StrCpy $0 0
	goto end
	newer1:
	StrCpy $0 1
	goto end
	newer2:
	StrCpy $0 2
 
	end:
	Pop $7
	Pop $6
	Pop $5
	Pop $4
	Pop $3
	Pop $2
	Pop $1
	Exch $0
FunctionEnd