#ifdef _WIN32
#include <windows.h>
void getFileVersion(LPCTSTR szVersionFile)
{
    DWORD  verHandle = 0;
    UINT   size      = 0;
    LPBYTE lpBuffer  = NULL;
    DWORD  verSize   = GetFileVersionInfoSize( szVersionFile, &verHandle);

    if (verSize != NULL)
    {
        LPSTR verData = new char[verSize];

        if (GetFileVersionInfo( szVersionFile, verHandle, verSize, verData))
        {
            if (VerQueryValue(verData,L"\\",(VOID FAR* FAR*)&lpBuffer,&size))
            {
                if (size)
                {
                    VS_FIXEDFILEINFO *verInfo = (VS_FIXEDFILEINFO *)lpBuffer;
                    if (verInfo->dwSignature == 0xfeef04bd)
                    {

                        // Doesn't matter if you are on 32 bit or 64 bit,
                        // DWORD is always 32 bits, so first two revision numbers
                        // come from dwFileVersionMS, last two come from dwFileVersionLS
                        printf( "File Version: %d.%d.%d.%d\n",
                        ( verInfo->dwFileVersionMS >> 16 ) & 0xffff,
                        ( verInfo->dwFileVersionMS >>  0 ) & 0xffff,
                        ( verInfo->dwFileVersionLS >> 16 ) & 0xffff,
                        ( verInfo->dwFileVersionLS >>  0 ) & 0xffff
                        );
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        delete[] verData;
    }
}
#endif

// Example usage
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    getFileVersion(L"myprogram.exe");
}