Displaying Version Number

[Phil]

I have been using this code to display the version number, and this has
worked well, but I am now changing from using the ClickOnce publishing to a
proper setup project, and this no longer works.

If System.Diagnost ics.Debugger.Is Attached = False Then
Version.Text = "Version : " &
My.Application. Deployment.Curr entVersion.ToSt ring()
Else
Version.Text = "Debug Mode"
End If

Any suggestions?

TIA
Phil

[Patrice]

See for example My.Application. Info.Version.To String

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Patrice
"Phil" <N/Aa écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
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I have been using this code to display the version number, and this has
worked well, but I am now changing from using the ClickOnce publishing to
a
proper setup project, and this no longer works.

If System.Diagnost ics.Debugger.Is Attached = False Then
Version.Text = "Version : " &
My.Application. Deployment.Curr entVersion.ToSt ring()
Else
Version.Text = "Debug Mode"
End If

Any suggestions?

TIA
Phil

[Phil]

See for example My.Application. Info.Version.To String

That only gives the version of the individual assembly which is not the same
thing.

[Patrice]

My understanding is that you don't use anymore clickonce so AFAIK you can't
have the deployment version if this is what you are after. (do you have an
error because deployment is nothing. You could also use the
IsNetworkDeploy ed property to see if this is click once installation).

A a side note .NET 3.5 SP1 (currently as a beta) seems to introduce new
capabilities for ClickOnce deployment but if you don't use ClickOnce anymore
you'll have to use the version of your app (you can also control this by
hand in an assemblyinfo file).

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Patrice

"Phil" <N/Aa écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
3c************* *************** **@posted.plusnet...

>See for example My.Application. Info.Version.To String

That only gives the version of the individual assembly which is not the
same thing.

[Phil]

"Patrice" <http://www.chez.com/scribe/wrote in message
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My understanding is that you don't use anymore clickonce so AFAIK you
can't have the deployment version if this is what you are after. (do you
have an error because deployment is nothing.

Yes, that is exactly the issue. The deployment object is nothing because it
is only relevant for clickOnce deployment. I am looking for a way to get the
equivalent information from the setup project that I am now using instead of
the clickOnce deployment.

You could also use the IsNetworkDeploy ed property to see if this is click
once installation).

I have decided I need a little more flexibility than the click once system
allows, so am developing a setup project instead, so I can safely assume now
that it will not be a click once deployment.

>
A a side note .NET 3.5 SP1 (currently as a beta) seems to introduce new
capabilities for ClickOnce deployment

Something for the future perhaps.

but if you don't use ClickOnce anymore you'll have to use the version of
your app (you can also control this by hand in an assemblyinfo file).

My application though consists of a number of different assemblies, each of
which will have their own version number.
I guess it's the version number of the setup project that I want to display.
Is there any mechanism built-in to allow me access to this from within the
deployed assemblies? or will I need to somehow build this functionality into
the setup project myself?

Thanks for your assistance.
Phil.

[kimiraikkonen]

On May 14, 2:29*pm, "Phil" <N/Awrote:

"Patrice" <http://www.chez.com/scribe/wrote in message

news:DC******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

My understanding is that you don't use anymore clickonce so AFAIK you
can't have the deployment version if this is what you are after. (do you
have an error because deployment is nothing.

Yes, that is exactly the issue. The deployment object is nothing because it
is only relevant for clickOnce deployment. I am looking for a way to get the
equivalent information from the setup project that I am now using instead of
the clickOnce deployment.

You could also use the IsNetworkDeploy ed property to see if this is click
once installation).

I have decided I need a little more flexibility than the click once system
allows, so am developing a setup project instead, so I can safely assume now
that it will not be a click once deployment.

A a side note .NET 3.5 SP1 (currently as a beta) seems to introduce new
capabilities for ClickOnce deployment

Something for the future perhaps.

but if you don't use ClickOnce anymore you'll have to use the version of
your app (you can also control this by hand in an assemblyinfo file).

My application though consists of a number of different assemblies, each of
which will have their own version number.
I guess it's the version number of the setup project that I want to display.
Is there any mechanism built-in to allow me access to this from within the
deployed assemblies? or will I need to somehow build this functionality into
the setup project myself?

Thanks for your assistance.
Phil.

Phil,
I'm not sure if it's your solution, but have you considered
System.Reflecti on namespace that provides GetExecutingAss embly method
to get info about current assembly:

System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Get ExecutingAssemb ly()GetName().V ersion.ToString ()

Thanks,

Onur Güzel

[kimiraikkonen]

On May 14, 2:47*pm, kimiraikkonen <kimiraikkone.. [e-mail] e:

On May 14, 2:29*pm, "Phil" <N/Awrote:

"Patrice" <http://www.chez.com/scribe/wrote in message

news:DC******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

My understanding is that you don't use anymore clickonce so AFAIK you
can't have the deployment version if this is what you are after. (do you
have an error because deployment is nothing.

Yes, that is exactly the issue. The deployment object is nothing becauseit
is only relevant for clickOnce deployment. I am looking for a way to getthe
equivalent information from the setup project that I am now using instead of
the clickOnce deployment.

You could also use the IsNetworkDeploy ed property to see if this is click
once installation).

I have decided I need a little more flexibility than the click once system
allows, so am developing a setup project instead, so I can safely assumenow
that it will not be a click once deployment.

A a side note .NET 3.5 SP1 (currently as a beta) seems to introduce new
capabilities for ClickOnce deployment

Something for the future perhaps.

but if you don't use ClickOnce anymore you'll have to use the version of
your app (you can also control this by hand in an assemblyinfo file).

My application though consists of a number of different assemblies, eachof
which will have their own version number.
I guess it's the version number of the setup project that I want to display.
Is there any mechanism built-in to allow me access to this from within the
deployed assemblies? or will I need to somehow build this functionality into
the setup project myself?

Thanks for your assistance.
Phil.

Phil,
I'm not sure if it's your solution, but have you considered
System.Reflecti on namespace that provides GetExecutingAss embly method
to get info about current assembly:

System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Get ExecutingAssemb ly()GetName().V ersion.ToString *()

Thanks,

Onur Güzel- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Correcting, missed the "dot" before GetName:

System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Get ExecutingAssemb ly().GetName(). Version.ToStrin g*
()

Thanks,

Onur

[Patrice]

But you could deploy an update but just replacing the exe file for example.
IMO your best bet if you are not using clickonce (i.e. you have less control
on the publication/update process on the client machine) is to use the
version number fo the main assembly (as suggested earlier).

If needed you could even get the version number of each and every assembly
that compose your application...

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Patrice

"Phil" <N/Aa écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
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>
"Patrice" <http://www.chez.com/scribe/wrote in message
news:DC******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

>My understanding is that you don't use anymore clickonce so AFAIK you
can't have the deployment version if this is what you are after. (do you
have an error because deployment is nothing.

Yes, that is exactly the issue. The deployment object is nothing because
it is only relevant for clickOnce deployment. I am looking for a way to
get the equivalent information from the setup project that I am now using
instead of the clickOnce deployment.

>You could also use the IsNetworkDeploy ed property to see if this is click
once installation).

I have decided I need a little more flexibility than the click once system
allows, so am developing a setup project instead, so I can safely assume
now that it will not be a click once deployment.

>>
A a side note .NET 3.5 SP1 (currently as a beta) seems to introduce new
capabilities for ClickOnce deployment

Something for the future perhaps.

>but if you don't use ClickOnce anymore you'll have to use the version of
your app (you can also control this by hand in an assemblyinfo file).

My application though consists of a number of different assemblies, each
of which will have their own version number.
I guess it's the version number of the setup project that I want to
display. Is there any mechanism built-in to allow me access to this from
within the deployed assemblies? or will I need to somehow build this
functionality into the setup project myself?

Thanks for your assistance.
Phil.

[Phil]

But you could deploy an update but just replacing the exe file for

example. IMO your best bet if you are not using clickonce (i.e. you have
less control on the publication/update process on the client machine) is
to use the version number fo the main assembly (as suggested earlier).

If needed you could even get the version number of each and every assembly
that compose your application...

True, and I do intend to provide something on an about page listing all the
individual assembly versions, but for the main splash screen I just want the
overall version of the system. There is a version number in the setup
project, I'm sure there must be a way of making this available to the
installed aplication.

[Phil]

I'm not sure if it's your solution, but have you considered

System.Reflecti on namespace that provides GetExecutingAss embly method
to get info about current assembly:

Thanks, but it's not the assembly version that I'm after. I want to display
the version of the setup project that was used to install the assembly.
For click-once deployed applications I can use:
My.Application. Deployment.Curr entVersion
I'm looking for the equivalent when a Setup Project has been used.