Setting version info

[Dave Cullen]

Where in a VB.NET project do you get to set the version properties of
your executable? Version number, Copyright, biuld comments, etc (the
stuff that shows up when you right-click Properties/Version)?

Thanks

drc

[Klaus H. Probst]

On a default project, there's a file called "AssemblyInfo.v b". Fill out the
attributes included in there.

They are also documented in the MSDN reference.
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Where in a VB.NET project do you get to set the version properties of
your executable? Version number, Copyright, biuld comments, etc (the
stuff that shows up when you right-click Properties/Version)?

Thanks

drc

[Dave Cullen]

Thank you muchly.

drc
"Klaus H. Probst" wrote:

On a default project, there's a file called "AssemblyInfo.v b". Fill out the
attributes included in there.

They are also documented in the MSDN reference.

--
Klaus H. Probst, MVP
http://www.vbbox.com/

"Dave Cullen" <no*****@mail.c om> wrote in message
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Where in a VB.NET project do you get to set the version properties of
your executable? Version number, Copyright, biuld comments, etc (the
stuff that shows up when you right-click Properties/Version)?

Thanks

drc

[Telmo Sampaio]

Dave,

In the AssemblyInfo.vb file. Check it out!

Telmo Sampaio

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Where in a VB.NET project do you get to set the version properties of
your executable? Version number, Copyright, biuld comments, etc (the
stuff that shows up when you right-click Properties/Version)?

Thanks

drc

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* Dave Cullen <no*****@mail.c om> scripsit:

Where in a VB.NET project do you get to set the version properties of
your executable? Version number, Copyright, biuld comments, etc (the
stuff that shows up when you right-click Properties/Version)?

In addition to the other replies, some information about versioning:

Basic information on versioning:

<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/managevers.asp>
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/dnbda/html/tdlg_ch5.asp>
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/cptutorials/html/versioning_comp onents.asp>

Parts of the version number:

Main version
"Product" version.

Sub version
Sub version, for example Service Pack.

Build
During development, auto-increment.

Revision
Hotfix or Quick Fix Engineering (QFE).

When using auto incrementation of numbers, the build number contains the
number of days since January, 2000; the revision contains the number of
seconds since midnight divided by 2.

The version number can be changed in the file "AssemblyInfo.v b". The
version number will updated automatically when re-opening the solution.

Getting the program version number:

\\\
MsgBox( _
System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Get ExecutingAssemb ly( _
).GetName().Ver sion.ToString() _
)
///

- or -

\\\
MsgBox( _
System.Windows. Forms.Applicati on.ProductVersi on.ToString() _
)
///

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>