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Matthieu Oger
Matthieu Oger

Reputation: 833

Getting the version number of an application from within a library

I'm developing a library that tries to get the version number of the application that uses it.

In my test application, when the lib is reading the version number using :

Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().FullName;

I'm getting the version number of the lib, not the main project.

Is there a simple way to find the version number of the main application, and not the one of my library ?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7447

Answers (3)

Claus Jørgensen
Claus Jørgensen

Reputation: 26346

To get the version number (1.2.0.0) , use the following code:

string version = XDocument.Load("WMAppManifest.xml").Root.Element("App").Attribute("Version").Value;

Upvotes: 8

Richard Szalay
Richard Szalay

Reputation: 84784

You can use Application.Current to access the application instance that started the application:

Application.Current.GetType().FullName

Having said that, I don't think have the version number that applies to the application as a whole. For that you'll need to open the WMAppManifest.xml file and read the version from that. You can get access to the manifest file using:

var manifestUri = new Uri("WMAppManifest.xml", UriKind.Relative);
Stream manifestStream = Application.GetResourceStream(manifestUri);

Upvotes: 7

Wiktor Zychla
Wiktor Zychla

Reputation: 48279

Assembly.GetEntryAssemlby().FullName;

assuming that this is supported on WP7. If not, try:

typeof(sometype).Assembly.FullName;

on one of types from your main module.

Upvotes: 1

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