Regapp Question

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(imported topic written by jcsUTSW)

When you do the following

q: regapps

you get something that looks like this… (just giving you one example, not the whole list)

A: “BESConsole.exe” “8.0.584.0” “BigFix Enterprise Console” “8.0.584.0” “BigFix, Inc.”

What is the identifier for the “Display Name” ?

For example I would like to return a list that has “BigFix Enterprise Console” and not “BESConsole.exe”

I can’t find anything to tell me what it’s called.

Hopefully my question makes sense.

Thanks in advance

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(imported comment written by jcsUTSW)

Actually if it’s not asking too much could someone break down the names for each section? I may need to get the company name down the road for something different…

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(imported comment written by jeremylam)

The regapp inspector simply returns a file object, so any properties of a file object will work identically.

From the Inspector help library:

The format of the string returned when casting a file using ‘as string’ is:
"" “” “” “” ""
Where:
The name of the file
The ‘Product Version’ of the file.
The value ‘FileDescription’ of version block 1 of the file.
The value ‘FileVersion’ of version block 1 of the file.
The value ‘CompanyName’ of version block 1 of the file.

q: value “FileDescription” of version block 1 of regapp “besconsole.exe”

A: BigFix Enterprise Console

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(imported comment written by Lee Wei)

One additional note is that for a file in DOS/Windows, the creator can add or omit the Version Block file, and any of the properties.

This is why when we right-click on a property of a file, sometimes a lot of info is not available.

Because of that, you need to do proper error checking to extract the info.

Here is an example:

(
    name of it, 
    (if (exists product version of it) then (product version of it as string) else ("")), 
    (if (exists version block 1 of it and exists value "FileDescription" of version block 1 of it) 
            then (value "FileDescription" of version block 1 of it) else ("")),
    (if (exists version block 1 of it and exists value "FileVersion" of version block 1 of it) 
            then (value "FileVersion" of version block 1 of it) else ("")),
    (if (exists version block 1 of it and exists value "CompanyName" of version block 1 of it) 
            then (value "CompanyName" of version block 1 of it) else (""))
) 
    of regapps

Lee Wei