RFE: get spout version as String about spout2 HOT 8 CLOSED

OK that's an idea. Until now I have not numbered the library version. So I will need to think about that a little.
GetSpoutVersion() returns the number, 2004, 2006, 2007 etc.. but that refers to what the user installs at -

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Leading Edge\Spout\Version

It would be nice to somehow find what version a particular application used but I have not discovered how to to that.

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Yep. Spout can indeed be compiled/linked statically to an application and there may be no install at all (which is the most frequent case imho). So a version tag is absolutely welcome.

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OK no problems, I am looking into it. A bit busy with other things right now though

The user can install Spout or they don't get the settings, so knowing what the user has done is a separate thing.

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Well, maybe it would be nice to separate the 2 things, more or less what happens with NDI:

• create the official SpoutTools installer (Sender/Receiver/Settings/Panel + local dll or statically linked)
• leave developers use the SDK as they want (static, local dll, etc.)

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Yes that's the way to do it. NDI has a dynamic dll load independent of the SDK that applications are built with so I can examine what they do there. The trick I would like to solve is finding out what version a particular application has used.
As I say, there's a lot on my plate at the moment and I will certainly look into it.

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I have added "std::string GetSDKversion()" to the SpoutUtils namespace. Brief testing seems OK.

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that's cool. Thanks!

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OK, that should do the job.

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