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IDesktopPlatform::TryGetEngineVersion

Attempt to get the engine version from the supplied engine root directory.

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References

Module	DesktopPlatform
Header	/Engine/Source/Developer/DesktopPlatform/Public/IDesktopPlatform.h
Include	#include "IDesktopPlatform.h"

Syntax

bool TryGetEngineVersion
(
const FString & RootDir,
FEngineVersion & OutVersion
)

Remarks

Attempt to get the engine version from the supplied engine root directory. Tries to read the contents of Engine/Build/Build.version, but scrapes information from the Engine/Source/Launch/Resources/Version.h if it fails.

Returns

true if the engine version was successfully obtained

Parameters

Parameter	Description
RootDir	Root directory for the engine to check
OutVersion	Engine version obtained from identifier

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