How can I get the assembly file version

Question

In AssemblyInfo there are two assembly versions:

1. AssemblyVersion: Specify the version of the assembly being attributed.
2. AssemblyFileVersion: Instructs a compiler to use a specific version number for the Win32 file version resource. The Win32 file version is not required to be the same as the assembly's version number.

I can get the Assembly Version with the following line of code:

Version version = Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().GetName().Version; 

But how can I get the Assembly File Version?

Answer 1

See my comment above asking for clarification on what you really want. Hopefully this is it:

System.Reflection.Assembly assembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(); System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo fvi = System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(assembly.Location); string version = fvi.FileVersion; 

Answer 2

There are three versions: assembly, file, and product. They are used by different features and take on different default values if you don't explicit specify them.

string assemblyVersion = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.ToString();  string assemblyVersion = Assembly.LoadFile("your assembly file").GetName().Version.ToString();  string fileVersion = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location).FileVersion;  string productVersion = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location).ProductVersion;