Incrementing a SharePoint version number

[annetoal]

I need to increment the version number of a document in a SharePoint library to the next whole number version after the document has gone through an approval process. I can't find any way to do this apart from checking out the file then immediately checking it back in, configuring it for a major version check-in. Is there any better way of doing this--more elegant, more reliable?

Thanks,

Anne