.a_versioning_system.md

A Versioning system

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program_versions.py

import csv
import os
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import filedialog
from datetime import datetime
import win32api
import msilib

# Create a GUI window to select files
root = tk.Tk()
root.withdraw()
files = filedialog.askopenfilenames(
    title="Select Programs",
    filetypes=[("Executable files", "*.exe"), ("MSI files", "*.msi")]
)

# Create a directory for the output file, if it doesn't already exist
output_dir = "data"
if not os.path.exists(output_dir):
    os.mkdir(output_dir)

# Create a CSV file and write header row
output_file = os.path.join(output_dir, "program_versions.csv")
with open(output_file, "w", newline="") as csv_file:
    writer = csv.writer(csv_file)
    writer.writerow(["Program Name", "EXE Version", "MSI Version", "DateTime"])

    # Iterate through selected files and get version numbers
    for file_path in files:
        program_name = file_path.split("/")[-1] # Get file name from path
        if file_path.endswith('.msi'):
            msi_db = msilib.OpenDatabase(file_path, msilib.MSIDBOPEN_READONLY)
            view = msi_db.OpenView("SELECT `Value` FROM `Property` WHERE `Property`='ProductVersion'")
            view.Execute(None)
            record = view.Fetch()
            msi_version = record.GetString(1)
            view.Close()
        else:
            msi_version = "N/A"
        exe_version = win32api.GetFileVersionInfo(file_path, "\\")['FileVersionLS']
        now = datetime.now().strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S")

        # Write program and version info to CSV file
        writer.writerow([program_name, exe_version, msi_version, now])