How to set file version comment

Question

Where can I set the file version comments..?

We can get it by

FileVersionInfo fv = 
System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(
                   Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
var comment = fv.Comments;

Then how can I set it so that I can show the same somewhere..

Answer 1

For .NET Assemblies you can set the File Version Comments using the AssemblyDescriptionAttribute, which you usually put in the AssemblyInfo.cs file in your project when using Visual Studio.

[assembly: AssemblyDescription("The assembly does xxx by yyy")]

For other types of executables the file version is set using a resource in the file.

The different assembly level File Version attributes maps as follows:

• FileVersionInfo.Comments = AssemblyDescription
• FileVersionInfo.CompanyName = AssemblyCompany
• FileVersionInfo.FileDescription = AssemblyTitle
• FileVersionInfo.FileVersion = AssemblyFileVersion
• FileVersionInfo.LegalCopyright = AssemblyCopyright
• FileVersionInfo.LegalTrademarks = AssemblyTrademark
• FileVersionInfo.ProductName = AssemblyProduct
• FileVersionInfo.ProductVersion = AssemblyInformationalVersion

Answer 2

Nowadays in .Net 6

you can set comments in*.csproj

<Description>My Comment</Description>

And get

public static string GetComments()
{
    var fileName = Assembly.GetEntryAssembly()?.Location;
    if (fileName == null) return String.Empty;
    var versionInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(fileName);
    return versionInfo?.Comments ?? String.Empty; 
}