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JojoD
JojoD

Reputation: 373

Get data from in compile time C#

I've been trying to write C# code that retrieves data from a file in compilation-time, and not in run-time. The thing is that I need to get a version of a file that exists in my machine, but not in machines that would run this DLL. (The version can be changed tomorrow, so I want to able to retrieve that dynamically). In run-time, those machines have no access to the file, and that's why I need to get this data before. Anyone as an idea how to do so ? Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 458

Answers (2)

Beatles1692
Beatles1692

Reputation: 5320

If you want to do something before or after a project is built you can write a command line statement in pre-build event command line or in post-build command line in Build Events section of project properties.

Upvotes: 0

Anders Abel
Anders Abel

Reputation: 69260

The C# code that you are compiling will not be run during the compilation.

You should make a pre-build step that extracts the version information. That custom build step could in itself be a C# program if you want. Make that program output a small .cs file containing the version number of the dll and include that .cs file in the source for the main program.

Upvotes: 2

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