Using variables in MiKTeX

[russurquhart1]

Hi,

I'm still pretty new to TeX and MiKTex but I had a question. I want to be able to access a variable called VERSION that would store the current version number of my document and use that in my TeX document instead of having to hardcode the number each time. Also, I use the TeXworks application in MiKTeX to generate my PDF versions of the documents. Is there a way, using TeXworks to have it also recognize this variable when generating the PDF?

Thanks for any help!

Russ

[LLdaniel]

Although this is not really a MikTeX question I will leave a short comment.
You could define a variable in your .tex document like this:

\newcommand{\version}{v1.2.3}

and reference it with \version on other places in your document.