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Badhri Ravikumar
Badhri Ravikumar

Reputation: 69

To find the dll version of the file

I want to find the dll version when the path is specified. Suppose path = "progfiles/harry/sample.dll". How to find the sample.dll version. Since I am using .net framework 3.5 SP1, I cannot use FileVersionInfo. I tried Assembly.LoadFrom. But the problem I am facing with LoadFrom is "If an assembly with the same identity is already loaded, LoadFrom returns the loaded assembly even if a different path was specified."

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2045

Answers (3)

Seb
Seb

Reputation: 2715

You can use AssemblyName :

var assemblyName = AssemblyName.GetAssemblyName(assemblyPath);
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(assemblyName.Version);

Upvotes: 0

sloth
sloth

Reputation: 101142

Anyway, you could just load your assembly into another AppDomain.

var domain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("tmp");
var version = domain.Load().GetName(path).Version;

EDIT:

You are targeting Windows CE, so can use the GetFileVersionInfo function.

Here is a full code sample how to use this function from within .Net/C#.

Upvotes: 1

wladyslaw.czyzewski
wladyslaw.czyzewski

Reputation: 770

Example code to find version of DLL library:

Version ver = Assembly.LoadFrom("Library.dll").GetName().Version;

Edit 1: OK, for getting already executing assembly you can try this example:

Assembly SampleAssembly;
SampleAssembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(ObjectLoadedFromDLL.GetType());
Version ver = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version;

And links to MSDN this full documentation of this method: Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly Method

Upvotes: 0

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