Retrieve AssemblyCompanyName from Class Library

Question

I would like to get the AssemblyCompany attribute from a WinForm project inside of my C# class library. In WinForms, I can get to this information by using:

Application.CompanyName; 

However, I can't seem to find a way to get at that same information using a class library. Any help you could provide would be great!

Answer 1

To get the assembly in which your current code (the class library code) actually resides, and read its company attribute:

Assembly currentAssem = typeof(CurrentClass).Assembly; object[] attribs = currentAssem.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AssemblyCompanyAttribute), true); if(attribs.Length > 0) {     string company = ((AssemblyCompanyAttribute)attribs[0]).Company } 

Answer 2

You could use the FileVersionInfo class to get CompanyName and much more.

Dim info = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(GetType(AboutPage).Assembly.Location) Dim companyName = info.CompanyName Dim copyright = info.LegalCopyright Dim fileVersion = info.FileVersion