wx.VersionInfo¶

wx.VersionInfo contains version information.

This class is used by wxWidgets to provide version information about the libraries it uses and itself, but you can also apply it in user space, to provide version information about your own libraries, or other libraries that you use.

Added in version 2.9.2.

Class Hierarchy¶

Inheritance diagram for class VersionInfo:

Methods Summary¶

`__init__`	Constructor.
`GetCopyright`	Get the copyright string.
`GetDescription`	Get the description string.
`GetMajor`	Get the major version number.
`GetMicro`	Get the micro version, or release number.
`GetMinor`	Get the minor version number.
`GetName`	Get the name of the object (library).
`GetRevision`	Get the revision version, or build number.
`GetVersionString`	Get the string representation.
`HasCopyright`	Returns `True` if a copyright string has been specified.
`HasDescription`	Return `True` if a description string has been specified.
`ToString`	Get the string representation of this version object.

Properties Summary¶

`Copyright`	See `GetCopyright`
`Description`	See `GetDescription`
`Major`	See `GetMajor`
`Micro`	See `GetMicro`
`Minor`	See `GetMinor`
`Name`	See `GetName`
`Revision`	See `GetRevision`
`VersionString`	See `GetVersionString`

Class API¶

class wx.VersionInfo(object)¶

Possible constructors:

VersionInfo(name="", major=0, minor=0, micro=0, revision=0,
            description="", copyright="") -> None

VersionInfo contains version information.

Methods¶

__init__(self, name='', major=0, minor=0, micro=0, revision=0, description='', copyright='')¶

Constructor.

The version information objects need to be initialized with this constructor and are immutable once they are created.

Parameters:

name (string) – The name of the library or other entity that this object pertains to.
major (int) – The major version component.
minor (int) – The minor version component.
micro (int) – The micro version component, 0 by default.
revision (int) – The revision version component, also known as “build number”. This component is also 0 by default and is only available since wxWidgets 3.2.0.
description (string) – Free form description of this version, none by default.
copyright (string) – Copyright string, none by default.

Return type:

None

GetCopyright(self)¶

Get the copyright string.

The copyright string may be empty.

Return type:: str
Returns:: The copyright string.

GetDescription(self)¶

Get the description string.

The description may be empty.

Return type:: str
Returns:: The description string, free-form.

GetMajor(self)¶

Get the major version number.

Return type:: int
Returns:: Major version number.

GetMicro(self)¶

Get the micro version, or release number.

This is the third component of the version.

Return type:: int
Returns:: Micro version, or release number.

GetMinor(self)¶

Get the minor version number.

Return type:: int
Returns:: Minor version number.

GetName(self)¶

Get the name of the object (library).

Return type:: str
Returns:: Name string.

GetRevision(self)¶

Get the revision version, or build number.

This is the fourth component of the version.

Return type:: int
Returns:: Revision version, or build number.

Added in version 4.2/wxWidgets-3.2.0.

GetVersionString(self)¶

Get the string representation.

The micro and revision components of the version are ignored/not used if they are both zero. If the revision component is non-zero all four parts will be used even if the micro component is zero.