How to get the Assembly Version Number

[Brian]

I am writing an update utility, and need to be able to check the
Version of a file on the device. I have seen the article on unsafe
code on msdn:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../en-us/csref/html/vcwlkUnsafeCodeTutorial.asp
But for obvious reasons would prefer to avoid this option. Any help
would be greatly appreciated!
-Brian

 

[Jeremy]

If the files you are checking are .NET assemblies like the title of
your post implies then you can use this

Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(@"\path to the
file\some_assembly.dll");

from there you can test the assembly variable for version numbers

Jeremy

 

[Neil Cowburn]

Try

Dim assemblyVersion As Version =
Assembly.LoadFrom("\path\to\assembly.dll").GetName().Version

--Neil

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[Brian]

Thanks gentlemen. This is exactly what I needed...