fix get latest version workflow

Author: LeoKle

.github/workflows/get-latest-version.yml

@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@ name: Latest Version Check
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
+    outputs:
+      version:
+        description: "the version string to give to the DLL"
+        value: ${{jobs.get-version.outputs.version}}
 
 jobs:
   get-version:
     runs-on: windows-latest
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{steps.version_handler.outputs.version}}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
@@ -20,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install PyGithub
 
       - name: Run version handler
+        id: version_handler
         env:
           REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
           REF: ${{ github.ref }}

.github/workflows/version_handler.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     version += "-dev." + dev_release
 
 # Write the version and dev release to GitHub environment variable
-with open(os.getenv("GITHUB_ENV"), "a") as env_file:
+with open(os.getenv("GITHUB_OUTPUT"), "a", encoding="utf-8") as env_file:
     env_file.write(f"VERSION={version}\n")
     print(f"VERSION={version}")
     if is_dev_branch and dev_release: