Add Information component for UI elements and update GetInfo to include full install version information

BHoM_UI/Components/Engine/GetInfo.cs

@@ -75,37 +75,26 @@ public GetInfoCaller() : base(typeof(GetInfoCaller).GetMethod("GetInfo")) { }
         [MultiOutput(9, "wiki", "Need more details on how to use the BHoM or how to contribute? This is the place to go.")]
         public static Output<string, string, string, List<string>, List<Type>, List<MethodInfo>, List<Type>, string, string, string> GetInfo()
         {
-            string description = "This is the Buildings and Habitats object Model. A collaborative computational development project for the built environment.\n\n"
-                + "It is crafted as transdisciplinary, software-agnostic and office/region/country independent, and therefore would be nothing without our active community and wide range of contributors.\n\n"
-                + "To find out more about our collective experiment go to https://bhom.xyz";
-
-            string version = Engine.Base.Query.BHoMVersion();
-            string installer = ""; //TODO: assign properly when that information is made available by the installer
-
-            List<string> libraries = Engine.Base.Query.BHoMAssemblyList()
-                .Select(x => x.GetName().Name)
-                .OrderBy(x => x).ToList();
+            var info = BH.Engine.UI.Query.Information();
 
             List<Type> types = Engine.Base.Query.BHoMTypeList();
             List<MethodInfo> methods = Engine.Base.Query.BHoMMethodList();
             List<Type> adapters = Engine.Base.Query.AdapterTypeList().ToList();
 
-            string website = "https://bhom.xyz/";
             string github = "https://github.com/BHoM";
-            string wiki = "https://github.com/BHoM/documentation/wiki";
 
             return Engine.Base.Create.Output
             (
-                description,
-                version,
-                installer,
-                libraries,
+                info.Description,
+                info.Version,
+                info.InstallDate,
+                info.Assemblies,
                 types,
                 methods,
                 adapters,
-                website,
+                info.BHoMWebsite,
                 github,
-                wiki
+                info.WikiLink
             );
         }
 

UI_Engine/Query/Information.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Buildings and Habitats object Model (BHoM)
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 - 2023, the respective contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Each contributor holds copyright over their respective contributions.
+ * The project versioning (Git) records all such contribution source information.
+ *                                           
+ *                                                                              
+ * The BHoM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify         
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by  
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3.0 of the License, or          
+ * (at your option) any later version.                                          
+ *                                                                              
+ * The BHoM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,              
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of               
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                 
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.                          
+ *                                                                            
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License     
+ * along with this code. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html>.      
+ */
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Security.Policy;
+using System.Text;
+
+using BH.oM.UI;
+
+using Microsoft.Win32;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using BH.oM.Base.Attributes;
+
+namespace BH.Engine.UI
+{
+    public static partial class Query
+    {
+        [Description("Obtain the installed version information of BHoM.")]
+        [Output("info", "The information about BHoM currently installed on this machine.")]
+        public static BHoMInformation Information()
+        {
+            var keyLocation = "SOFTWARE\\WOW6432NODE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall";
+            var subKeys = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(keyLocation);
+
+            var subKeyNames = subKeys.GetSubKeyNames();
+
+            RegistryKey bhomKey = null;
+            foreach (var s in subKeyNames)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    var keyName = $"{keyLocation}\\{s}";
+                    subKeys = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(keyName);
+
+                    var a = subKeys.GetValue("DisplayName");
+                    if (a != null && a.ToString() == "Buildings and Habitats object Model")
+                    {
+                        bhomKey = subKeys;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception e)
+                {
+
+                }
+            }
+
+            string version = "";
+            string installDate = "";
+            try
+            {
+                version = bhomKey.GetValue("DisplayVersion").ToString();
+            }
+            catch { }
+
+            try
+            {
+                installDate = bhomKey.GetValue("InstallDate").ToString();
+            }
+            catch { }
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(version))
+                version = BH.Engine.Base.Query.BHoMVersion();
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(installDate))
+            {
+                DateTime installDateTime;
+                var installDateTimeFine = DateTime.TryParseExact(installDate, "yyyyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out installDateTime);
+                installDate = installDateTime.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");
+            }
+            else
+                installDate = "This appears to be a version of BHoM installed using an old installer.";
+
+            return new BHoMInformation()
+            {
+                Version = version,
+                InstallDate = installDate,
+                BHoMWebsite = "https://bhom.xyz",
+                WikiLink = "https://bhom.xyz/documentation",
+                Assemblies = BH.Engine.Base.Query.BHoMAssemblyList().Select(x => x.GetName().Name).OrderBy(x => x).ToList(),
+                Description = "This is the Buildings and Habitats object Model. A collaborative computational development project for the built environment.\n\n"
+                + "It is crafted as transdisciplinary, software-agnostic and office/region/country independent, and therefore would be nothing without our active community and wide range of contributors.\n\n"
+                + "To find out more about our collective experiment go to https://bhom.xyz",
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}

UI_Engine/UI_Engine.csproj

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Create\ParamInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Objects\DocumentLoading.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Query\Information.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Query\MatchWith.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Query\Changes.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Query\SelectionIndex.cs" />

UI_oM/BHoMInformation.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Buildings and Habitats object Model (BHoM)
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 - 2023, the respective contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Each contributor holds copyright over their respective contributions.
+ * The project versioning (Git) records all such contribution source information.
+ *                                           
+ *                                                                              
+ * The BHoM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify         
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by  
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3.0 of the License, or          
+ * (at your option) any later version.                                          
+ *                                                                              
+ * The BHoM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,              
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of               
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                 
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.                          
+ *                                                                            
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License     
+ * along with this code. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html>.      
+ */
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Text;
+using BH.oM.Base;
+
+namespace BH.oM.UI
+{
+    [Description("Object containing information about the BHoM, queried and populated at run time to provide information to the UIs about the installed version of BHoM.")]
+    public class BHoMInformation : BHoMObject
+    {
+        public virtual string Version { get; set; }
+        public virtual string InstallDate { get; set; }
+        public virtual string Description { get; set; }
+        public virtual string BHoMWebsite { get; set; }
+        public virtual string WikiLink { get; set; }
+        public virtual List<string> Assemblies { get; set; }
+    }
+}

UI_oM/UI_oM.csproj

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="BHoMInformation.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ComponentRequest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Interfaces\IDataAccessor.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PreviousNamesFragment.cs" />