Assembly Information

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shapper

Hello,

I want to create a very simple control which displays the assembly name
and version of the DLL where the control is inserted.

Could somebody tell me how can I access the name and version from my
control class?

Thanks,

Miguel
 
Hi,
Hello,

I want to create a very simple control which displays the assembly name
and version of the DLL where the control is inserted.

Could somebody tell me how can I access the name and version from my
control class?

Thanks,

Miguel
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Using Assembly and FileVersionInfo, you can get information about the
assembly attributes:

// First get the Assembly
Type tyType = typeof( MyControl );
Assembly oAssembly = tyType.Assembly;

FileVersionInfo oFileVersionInfo
= FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo( oAssembly.Location );

// Name entered in the "Product Name" attribute
string strName = oFileVersionInfo.ProductName;

// Assembly description
string strDescription = oFileVersionInfo.Comments;

// Copyright and Trademark
string strCopyright = oFileVersionInfo.LegalCopyright;
string strTrademark = oFileVersionInfo.LegalTrademarks;

// Company name
string strCompanyName = oFileVersionInfo.CompanyName;

Versions are tricky, because you must distinguish between File Version
and Product Version.

The File Version is the attribute set with
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.7.1.*")]

Usually, you want the File Version. You can build the version by using

oFileVersionInfo.FileMajorPart
oFileVersionInfo.FileMinorPart
oFileVersionInfo.FileBuildPart
oFileVersionInfo.FilePrivatePart

The Product Version is set with
[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("1.7.1.12")]

You can get it with
string strProductVersion = oFileVersionInfo.ProductVersion;

HTH,
Laurent
 
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