This function returns the current version number of the CIB merge DLL. This allows you to ensure that a minimum version is available in your application if, for example, you are using special program features that were not made available until a certain release.

Syntax:

unsigned long WINAPI GetMergeVersion()

Return value:

The return value returns the current version number of the CIB merge DLL. The long value returns the information in two ranges. The first two bytes contain the version counter of the main release. Bytes 3 and 4 contain the corresponding current release counter. Depending on the programming language the high and low ranges have to be considered accordingly (see code examples below).

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