Description Column = File version?

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I am not sure if I have some kind of setting that I need to change but my Description column in Dopus just shows "File Version: " & [Version Column Text]" instead of the file's description.

Ex: File Version: 1.0.0.1

Is there any way to change this behavior or is this a bug?

I cannot imagine Dopus wouldn't support this feature though since it already uses the API function used to get this info (like the Company name) which is called VerQueryValue inside version.dll, and it can also be used to read the file's description as well.
I am thinking this is just a setting I need to change or a bug that needs to be fixed.

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The description field shows a description generated by the program which is different for every file type. It will also show comments you assign using the Set Comment function.

Which "description" are you actually talking about?

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I am talking about the File Version Information's description.

That data is held in the same place that the File's company name is held:
Inside the resource directory of a PE file, which is contained inside of the "Version Info" (ID = 16) resource.

So basically, since this probably only PE (Portable Executable) files have resource directories then it would be limited to these file types:
.cpl, .exe, .dll, .drv, .obj, .ocx, .sys, .scr

Examples of programs that show this info:
Windows Explorer - In the Description column and file properties Version tab
PE Explorer - heaventools.com/scrshots.htm
Process explorer - in the description column - live.sysinternals.com/procexp.exe

Here is code in VB6 showing how to query this info:
support.microsoft.com/kb/160042

and an example of getting the file description using C++ on the VerQueryValue MSDN documentaion:
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms647464(VS.85.aspx

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And also another tool to show this info: CCF Explorer - ntcore.com/exsuite.php

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Is the "Module Description" column what you want? (in the Programs category)

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Yup that is it.

Thank you very much.
I guess I overlook that one, but that name does make sense.

Hopefully this helps any others confused about the Description column.

SOLVED!

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Well to be fair it probably would make sense to display this in the description column as well along with the file version - we'll look into it.