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c#asp.net-mvcversion
e4rthdog
e4rthdog

Reputation: 5223

Set application version in footer globally in layout view in asp.net MVC4

I want to include in the layout view of my ASP.NET MVC application the version.

I use this in index action to get the version:

    var version = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(HomeController)).GetName().Version;
    ViewBag.Version = version + " / " + YlaGeneralUtilities.GetBuildDateTime(version);

Afterwards in the view i simply output Viewbag.Version.

I want the version to exist anywhere and not only to the homeController/Index action.

One workaround is to include the actual code above in the layout view:

@{
    var version = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(HomeController)).GetName().Version;
    ViewBag.Version = version + " / " + YlaGeneralUtilities.GetBuildDateTime(version);
}

But i dont like the idea of having "logic" in the view..Is this the only way?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1080

Answers (1)

Dave Swersky
Dave Swersky

Reputation: 34810

Here's an alternative:

You could use a little "utility" controller in combination with jquery to populate the version value in your views asynchronously. The controller would have a single Action: GetVersion. This wouldn't take much code and should work cleanly across the site if you use an element in the layout.

Upvotes: 1

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