diff --git a/src/ver.h b/src/ver.h
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+#ifndef STEPMANIA_VER_H
+#define STEPMANIA_VER_H
+
+// HACK: The MSVC project doesn't generate this yet
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#define product_version "5.0-UNKNOWN"
+#else
+extern const char *const product_version;
+#endif
+
+// XXX: These names are misnomers. This is actually the BUILD number, time and date.
+// NOTE: In GNU toolchain these are defined in ver.cpp. In MSVC these are defined in archutils/Win32/verinc.c I think. Why? I don't know and I don't have MSVC. --root
+extern const unsigned long version_num;
+extern const char *const version_time;
+extern const char *const version_date;
+
+#endif
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