version.rc does not include string info from "#define"

Question

This is my version.rc:

#define VER_FILEVERSION             1,2,3,4
#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR         "1.02.03.04\0"

1               VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION     VER_FILEVERSION
PRODUCTVERSION  VER_FILEVERSION
FILEOS          VOS__WINDOWS32
FILETYPE        VFT_APP
BEGIN
    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        BLOCK "040904E4"
        BEGIN
            VALUE "CompanyName",      VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "FileDescription",  VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "FileVersion",      VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "InternalName",     VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "LegalCopyright",   VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "LegalTrademarks1", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "LegalTrademarks2", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "OriginalFilename", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "ProductName",      VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "ProductVersion",   VER_FILEVERSION_STR
        END
    END
END

My program starts like this:

program TestProgram;
{$R 'version.res' 'version.rc'}

But the string info I set isn't in the executable:

The config I'm using has the "include version information in project" off, since I'm including it in the .RC file instead. What am I doing wrong ?

Note that if I open the .EXE as text and look for CompanyName, I do find it and the next char is NUL, then another seemingly random char then the next string info header.

Answer 1

Found it: VarFileInfo isn't optional. This is working:

#define VER_FILEVERSION 1,2,3,4
#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR "1.02.03.04\0"

1 VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION VER_FILEVERSION
PRODUCTVERSION VER_FILEVERSION
FILEOS VOS__WINDOWS32
FILETYPE VFT_APP
BEGIN
    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        BLOCK "040904E4"
        BEGIN
            VALUE "CompanyName", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "FileDescription", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "FileVersion", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "InternalName", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "LegalCopyright", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "LegalTrademarks1", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "LegalTrademarks2", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "OriginalFilename", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "ProductName", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
            VALUE "ProductVersion", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
        END
    END

    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252
    END
END