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itskajo
itskajo

Reputation: 285

Visual Studio Get Auto Increment Product Version

I want to add a Product Version to a Form.[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]

   string version = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.ToString();

This is the solution I found, and which will work. But the Version will be like "1.0.6262.26540". Can I change the Rule or can I get the Publish Version which Visual Studio generates programmatically? Publish Version generated by Visual Studio

Upvotes: 2

Views: 617

Answers (2)

Jarosław Olkowski
Jarosław Olkowski

Reputation: 21

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;

namespace MyAssemblyInfoPatcher
{
    internal class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            if (args.Length > 0)
            {
                string path = args[0].ToString();
                Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Current App version is set to: {0}", path));
                string now_date = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy.MM.dd.HHmm");
                if (File.Exists(path))
                {
                    string _AssemblyVersion = string.Empty;
                    string _AssemblyFileVersion = string.Empty;

                    var lines = File.ReadLines(string.Format(path));
                    for (int i = 0; i < lines.Count(); i++)
                    {
                        if (lines.ElementAt(i).ToString().StartsWith("[assembly: AssemblyVersion"))
                        {
                            _AssemblyVersion = lines.ElementAt(i).ToString();
                        }
                        else if (lines.ElementAt(i).ToString().StartsWith("[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion"))
                        {
                            _AssemblyFileVersion = lines.ElementAt(i).ToString();
                        }
                    }

                    string _replace_assembly = File.ReadAllText(path);

                    if (_AssemblyVersion != string.Empty)
                    {
                        _replace_assembly = _replace_assembly.Replace(_AssemblyVersion, string.Format("[assembly: AssemblyVersion(\"{0}\")]", now_date));
                    }
                    if (_AssemblyFileVersion != string.Empty)
                    {
                        _replace_assembly = _replace_assembly.Replace(_AssemblyFileVersion, string.Format("[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion(\"{0}\")]", now_date));
                    }

                    File.WriteAllText(path, _replace_assembly);
                }
            }   
        }
    }
}

Above the programs code, you can create a console application and in Project Properties > Build Events, add a "Pre-build event command line" like this: "D:\SomePath\MyAssemblyInfoPatcher.exe" "$(ProjectDir)Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs"

Upvotes: 0

jcb
jcb

Reputation: 382

You could use ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.CurrentVersion.ToString(). However, this will only work if you are running a version of your program that was installed by the ClickOnce publisher installer (ApplicationDeployment.IsNetworkDeployed returns true).

When you start the compiled assembly directly (e.g. during debugging), you will get an InvalidDeploymentException when trying to access the CurrentDeployment property. To safeguard against this, you can use something like this:

string CurrentVersion
{
    get
    {
        return ApplicationDeployment.IsNetworkDeployed
            ? ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.CurrentVersion.ToString()
            : "1.0.0.0"; // Fallback version string, or retrieve from assembly as in your question
    }
}

If you are not using the ClickOnce Publish function to distribute your software I am not sure that you can expect to access the "Publish Version".

Upvotes: 2

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