Get executing assembly name from referenced DLL in C#

Question

What is the best way to get the application name (i.e MyApplication.exe) of the executing assembly from a referenced class library in C#?

I need to open the application's app.config to retrieve some appSettings variables for the referenced DLL.

Answer 1

To get the answer to the question title:

// Full-name, e.g. MyApplication, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null string exeAssembly = Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().FullName;  // or just the "assembly name" part (e.g. "MyApplication") string exeAssemblyName = Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().GetName().Name; 

As mentioned by @Ben, since you mention wanting to get the configuration information, use the ConfigurationManager class.