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Peter
Peter

Reputation: 9123

How to list all DLLs in my solution and get their version?

I've just started using C# and am currently trying to create a class that will compare the version of all dll files with a version string in my database.

However, I am not sure how to get all dll files that belong to my solution. I've tried the following:

Assembly[] applicationDLLs = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies();

I found this on a forum somewhere. But I don't know what using statements are required and if this is valid code at all.

Can any of you point me in the right direction?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2259

Answers (1)

Dmitrii Bychenko
Dmitrii Bychenko

Reputation: 186688

Since an assembly can contain several dlls (Modules) you can, technically, try

  var result = AppDomain
    .CurrentDomain
    .GetAssemblies()
    .SelectMany(asm => asm.GetModules())
    .Select(module => $"{module.Name,-40} {module.Assembly.GetName().Version}");

  Console.WriteLine(string.Join(Environment.NewLine, result));

Outcome: (may vary)

mscorlib.dll                             4.0.0.0
WFA_Junk_4.exe                           1.0.0.0
System.Windows.Forms.dll                 4.0.0.0
System.dll                               4.0.0.0
System.Drawing.dll                       4.0.0.0
System.Configuration.dll                 4.0.0.0
System.Core.dll                          4.0.0.0
System.Xml.dll                           4.0.0.0

However, I doubt if you really want all these System... dlls; you, probably, want to check Assembly.GetEntryAssembly() which is exe file or alike.

Upvotes: 4

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