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+# This file is part of Desktop App Toolkit,
+# a set of libraries for developing nice desktop applications.
+#
+# For license and copyright information please follow this link:
+# https://github.com/desktop-app/legal/blob/master/LEGAL
+
+function(desktop_app_parse_version file)
+    file(STRINGS ${file} lines)
+    foreach (line ${lines})
+        string(REPLACE " " ";" parts ${line})
+        list(GET parts 0 name)
+        if (${name} STREQUAL "AppVersionOriginal")
+            list(LENGTH parts length)
+            math(EXPR index "${length} - 1")
+            list(GET parts ${index} version)
+            break()
+        endif()
+    endforeach()
+
+    if (NOT ${version} MATCHES "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+(\.([0-9]+|beta)))")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Bad version: ${version}, check ${file}")
+    endif()
+    
+    message("Version: ${version}")
+
+    string(REPLACE "." ";" components ${version})
+    list(GET components 0 major)
+    list(GET components 1 minor)
+    list(GET components 2 patch)
+    list(GET components 3 alpha)
+
+    if (${alpha} STREQUAL beta)
+        set(beta 1)
+        set(beta_bool "true")
+        set(alpha 0)
+    else()
+        set(beta 0)
+        set(beta_bool "false")
+    endif()
+
+    if (DESKTOP_APP_SPECIAL_TARGET STREQUAL "")
+        set(alpha 0)
+    endif()
+
+    math(EXPR version_int "${major} * 1000000 + ${minor} * 1000 + ${patch}")
+
+    set(str_major ${major}.${minor})
+    set(str_normal ${str_major}.${patch})
+    if (${patch} STREQUAL 0)
+        set(str_small ${str_major})
+    else()
+        set(str_small ${str_normal})
+    endif()
+
+    if (NOT ${alpha} STREQUAL 0)
+        math(EXPR version_int_alpha "${version_int} * 1000 + ${alpha}")
+    else()
+        set(version_int_alpha 0)
+    endif()
+    set(version_dot ${str_normal}.${alpha})
+    string(REPLACE "." "," version_comma ${version_dot})
+
+    set(desktop_app_version_int ${version_int} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(desktop_app_version_int_alpha ${version_int_alpha} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(desktop_app_version_string ${str_normal} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(desktop_app_version_string_small ${str_small} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(desktop_app_version_beta_bool ${beta_bool} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(desktop_app_version_dot ${version_dot} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(desktop_app_version_comma ${version_dot} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(desktop_app_version_cmake ${version_dot} PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()