Mon, November 15, 2004, 03:58 AM under
MobileAndEmbedded
The Compact Framework does not support the
AssemblyFileVersion attribute. Instead, whatever .NET version you give to your assembly (via
AssemblyVersion) will also be its Win32 file version. Neil shows you how to give an alternate Win32 file version to your CF assemblies without resorting to command line compile. Go
read it and let me know when you are back!
OK, so although I am an advocate of everybody understanding both languages, I have done the VB version for you here. Note that this will only work if you have not chosen to use the Root namespace in your VB project properties (which as I've said
before is a bad habit anyway).
Namespace System.Reflection
<AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly, AllowMultiple:=False)> _
Public Class AssemblyFileVersionAttribute
Inherits Attribute
Private mVersion As String
Public ReadOnly Property Version() As String
Get
Return mVersion
End Get
End Property
Sub New(ByVal aVersion As String)
If aVersion Is Nothing Then
Throw New ArgumentNullException("version") End If
mVersion = aVersion
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
While on the subject of versions, it is worth pointing out that the Product Version of your file can be set with the
AssemblyInformationalVersion.