Getting version string for standalone app

[J. Landman Gay]

Devin Asay wrote:
> I want to be able to dynamically update the version number of my 
> application--the number I assign in the Standalone Application 
> Settings--to display in my app's "About" substack. My idea is to read it 
> from wherever the Standalone Application Settings stack stores it. 

What a good idea. I'm going to steal it. :)

> Except after some poking around I wasn't able to find it.
> 
> So how do I read the version string that I assign in the S.A.S. stack? 
> Or is there some easy, obvious way to read that short version string?

It's in the stacks custom property set "cRevStandaloneSettings". You can 
only see these if "Show UI elements in lists" is turned on in prefs. All 
the versions are in there; OS X, Windows, etc. along with everything 
else. Pick the one you need.

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