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I have been tasked with updating an InstallShield Project file's "ProductVersion" tag with the new Assembly Version info after Visual Studio finishing building.

I could write a quick C# console app that does it, but I'm wondering if anyone else has a better idea.

Thanks

What I have tried:

I have tried researching on both Google and CodeProject for solution. Nothing I found addressed my problem.

Posted 9-Dec-22 5:22am

Kevin Marois

Updated 9-Dec-22 6:19am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2022-12-09T05:52:00

Solution 1

I'd write the app: then set it as a post build step (release version only) with the assembly version passed as a command line parameter.

This may help: Determine assembly version during a post-build event[^]

Posted 9-Dec-22 5:52am

OriginalGriff

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Kevin Marois 9-Dec-22 13:36pm

Griff,

I can't seem to get the Pre-Build version number. Do you know of a way to get this?

Kevin Marois · Answer 2 · 2022-12-09T06:19:00

Griff, this is what I have so far:

<Target Name="PreBuildMacros">

    <GetAssemblyIdentity AssemblyFiles="$(TargetPath)">
        <Output TaskParameter="Assemblies" ItemName="Targets" />
    </GetAssemblyIdentity>

    <ItemGroup>
        <PreBuildVersionNumber Include="@(Targets->'%(Version)')"/>
    </ItemGroup>

</Target>

<PropertyGroup>

    <PreBuildMacrosBuildEventDependsOn>
        $(PreBuildEventDependsOn);
        PreBuildMacros;
    </PreBuildMacrosBuildEventDependsOn>

    <PreBuildEvent>
        echo PRE-BUILD ASSEMBLY VERSION IS: @(PreBuildVersionNumber)
    </PreBuildEvent>

</PropertyGroup>



<Target Name="PostBuildMacros">

    <GetAssemblyIdentity AssemblyFiles="$(TargetPath)">
        <Output TaskParameter="Assemblies" ItemName="Targets" />
    </GetAssemblyIdentity>

    <ItemGroup>
        <PostBuildVersionNumber Include="@(Targets->'%(Version)')"/>
    </ItemGroup>
</Target>

<PropertyGroup>

    <PostBuildEventDependsOn>
        $(PostBuildEventDependsOn);
        PostBuildMacros;
    </PostBuildEventDependsOn>

    <PostBuildEvent>
        echo POST-BUILD ASSEMBLY VERSION IS: @(PostBuildVersionNumber)
    </PostBuildEvent>

</PropertyGroup>

I'm thinking that I could capture the both pre*build and post-build version numbers and pass them to this batch file:

@echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
SETLOCAL DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

if "%~1"=="" findstr "^::" "%~f0"&GOTO:EOF
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=]" %%A in ('"type %3|find /n /v """') do (
    set "line=%%B"
    if defined line (
        call set "line=echo.%%line:%~1=%~2%%"
        for /f "delims=" %%X in ('"echo."%%line%%""') do %%~X
    ) ELSE echo.
)

Except I can't seem to capture the pre-build version #. Working on it. I'll add the release version check when this is done.

Thanks