Component: Auto Version Identifier Free (Matrix Tools): Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:23, 13 July 2026

Author	Matrix Ltd
Version	1.2
Category	Matrix Tools

Auto Version Identifier Free component

Basic component designed to provide the program with the date and time of the build. Embedded assigns the time and date of compilation. Simulation assigns the time and date of the start of simulation.

Component Source Code

Please click here to download the component source project: FC_Comp_Source_AutoVersionID_Free.fcfx

Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): FC_Comp_Source_AutoVersionID_Free.fcfx

Detailed description

No detailed description exists yet for this component

Examples

A simple example program that will show the build number and the time and date of compilation on an LCD for four seconds before going into your program to help keep track of the firmware version in your projects. Auto Version Example

Macro reference

GetBuildNumber

	GetBuildNumber
Returns the current auto incremented built number property.
- UINT	Return

GetDate

	GetDate
Returns the build date as a string
- STRING	Return

GetTime

	GetTime
Returns the build time as a string
- STRING	Return

Property reference

	Properties
	Build Number
Current build number, automatically incremented before each compilation takes place.
	Date Divider

	Time Divider

	Date Format

	Last Build Date

	Last Build Time

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 ==Component Source Code==
-Please click here for the component source code: [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/wikicopy/componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_AutoVersionID_Free.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_AutoVersionID_Free.fcfx]
+Please click here to download the component source project: [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/wiki/componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_AutoVersionID_Free.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_AutoVersionID_Free.fcfx]
+Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/FlowchartView/?wfile=componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_AutoVersionID_Free.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_AutoVersionID_Free.fcfx]
 ==Detailed description==
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 ==Examples==
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 {{Fcfile|VersionExample.fcfx|Auto Version Example}}
-==Downloadable macro reference==
-{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
+==Macro reference==
+===GetBuildNumber===
+{| class="mtx-class-macrotable wikitable"
 |-
-| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
+| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
-| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetTime'''
+| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''GetBuildNumber'''
 |-
-| colspan="2" | Returns the build time as a string&nbsp;
+| colspan="2" | Returns the current auto incremented built number property.&nbsp;
 |-
 |-
-| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
+| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
 | width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
 |}
-{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
+===GetDate===
+{| class="mtx-class-macrotable wikitable"
 |-
-| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
+| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
-| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetDate'''
+| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''GetDate'''
 |-
 | colspan="2" | Returns the build date as a string&nbsp;
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-{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
+===GetTime===
+{| class="mtx-class-macrotable wikitable"
 |-
-| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
+| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
-| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetBuildNumber'''
+| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''GetTime'''
 |-
-| colspan="2" | Returns the current auto incremented built number property.&nbsp;
+| colspan="2" | Returns the build time as a string&nbsp;
 |-
 |-
-| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
+| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
 | width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
 |}
 ==Property reference==
-{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
+{| class="mtx-class-macrotable wikitable"
 |-
-| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" | [[File:Fc9-prop-icon.png]]
+| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-prop-icon.png]]
-| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Properties'''
+| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''Properties'''
 |-
 |-

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