How to get the version of the program dynamically?

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I want to know the version of the program to add it to the form's name.

What I have tried:

Changing every new version this string:

C#

string version="4.8".

And use this string everywhere

Posted 6-Mar-17 4:50am

john1990_1

Updated 6-Mar-17 5:04am

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Solution 1

For any type of app:

C#

Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version

For a WinForm app:

C#

Application.ProductVersion

Using GetExecutingAssembly for an assembly reference is not always an option. This a useful static helper class for projects where you need to reference the underlying assembly or assembly version:

C#

public static class CoreAssembly
{
    public static readonly Assembly Reference = typeof(CoreAssembly).Assembly;
    public static readonly Version Version = Reference.GetName().Version;
}

Posted 6-Mar-17 5:04am

Graeme_Grant

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john1990_1 6-Mar-17 15:15pm

i cant understand the third block of code, i want the "publish version" that i change in project->properties manually.

Graeme_Grant 6-Mar-17 22:52pm

This is the version number from the AssemblyInfo.cs properties class. Did you try it?

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Maciej Los · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-06T05:04:00

Solution 2

Not sure what you want to achieve, but you can check this: c# - How can I get the assembly file version - Stack Overflow[^]

More details at: AssemblyName.Version Property (System.Reflection)[^]

Posted 6-Mar-17 5:04am

Maciej Los

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john1990_1 6-Mar-17 15:15pm

i want the "publish version" that i change in project->properties manually.

Maciej Los 7-Mar-17 2:07am

You mean this: SO: how to show publish version in a textbox??

john1990_1 7-Mar-17 6:28am

worked, i used this:

if (ApplicationDeployment.IsNetworkDeployed)
{
version = ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.CurrentVersion.ToString(2);
}

Maciej Los 7-Mar-17 13:33pm

Great!
Chears,
Maciej

john1990_1 7-Mar-17 15:34pm

thx a lot :)