Are you looking for a way to embed a version number or stamp in a .chm file so that a program installer can read it? If so, I don't believe this is possible. This is a limitation of the HTML Help format.
For confirmation, see the following posting by Microsoft to the microsoft.public.helpauthoring newsgroup:
RE: HTML Work Shop
Hi, Nish,
Are you looking for a way to embed a version number or stamp in a .chm file so that a program installer can read it? If so, I don't believe this is possible. This is a limitation of the HTML Help format.
For confirmation, see the following posting by Microsoft to the microsoft.public.helpauthoring newsgroup:
"versioning .chm files?" (http://tinyurl.com/5dvgne)
Pete