GetBuildInfo

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Added in 1.10.0 / 1.13.2

Returns info for the current client build.

version, build, date, tocversion, localizedVersion, buildType = GetBuildInfo()

Returns

version

string - Current patch version

build

string - Build number

date

string - Build date

tocversion

number - Interface (.toc) version number

localizedVersion

string - Localized translation for the string "Version"

buildType

string - Localized build type and machine architecture

Details

• In the initial testing build of Patch 10.1.0 (48480) the localizedVersion and buildType return values do not function as intended and will return an empty string and a string with just a space character respectively.

Example

/dump GetBuildInfo() -- "9.0.2", "36665", "Nov 17 2020", 90002

Latest Builds

Flavor		Patch	TOC version
	The War Within	11.0.0	110000
	Mainline PTR	10.2.7	100207
	Mainline	10.2.6	100206
	Cataclysm Classic	4.4.0	40400
	Wrath Classic	3.4.3	30403
	Classic Era	1.15.2	11502

Patch changes

Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Added localizedVersion and buildType return values.
Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): Added. Prior to this patch this function was only ever exposed to the glue environment.

See also

• Public client builds - List of documented builds
• https://wow.tools/builds/ - List of datamined builds
• https://www.townlong-yak.com/framexml/builds - List of FrameXML builds and TOC numbers