information from exe file

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I have an exe file simpleservice.exe in the physical path F:\SAMPLEPRODUCT\Bin ,, i need to fetch version number of that exe file,,Can you give the code required to fetch the version number

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1111541/how-to-reference-both-assemblyversion-and-assemblyfileversion — Preet Sangha, Sep 07 '09 at 08:25
Or if you just want to see it in explorer? Then right click and go to properties | details. — Preet Sangha, Sep 07 '09 at 08:27

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 07 '09 at 08:25

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You can use

FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo

for this

Eg:

public void GetFileVersion() {
    // Get the file version for the exe.
    FileVersionInfo myFileVersionInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo("your_exe_file");

    // Print the file name and version number.
    textBox1.Text = "File: " + myFileVersionInfo.FileDescription + '\n' +
       "Version number: " + myFileVersionInfo.FileVersion;
 }

answered Sep 07 '09 at 08:25

rahul

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+1 though won't this only work on the assumption the assembly was generated with fileversion and assemblyversion set to the same thing? – Neil Barnwell Sep 07 '09 at 08:28

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '09 at 08:26

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I'd use the following to do this:

Assembly.LoadFrom("...").GetName().Version.ToString();

or I'd use the FileVersionInfo class. Take your pick:

FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo("...");

answered Sep 07 '09 at 08:26

Pete OHanlon

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I'd accidentally hit submit and not finished typing in the rest of my comment. I re-edited it to show the bit I missed when I clicked Submit. – Pete OHanlon Sep 07 '09 at 08:30
here inside Assembly.LoadFrom("...") what we need to give physical path of exe or ? – peter Sep 07 '09 at 08:33
OK... I would remove the down vote, but there seems to be a bug... "Vote too old to be changed, unless this answer is edited". Sorry :S – Thomas Levesque Sep 07 '09 at 08:33
No problem Thomas - I'm not answering them for the votes, so I'm not upset. I really need to remap the hotkeys on my keyboard to prevent these accidental submits - it's the third time I've done this in a couple of days. – Pete OHanlon Sep 07 '09 at 08:44
@peter - you need to give the physical path to the exe here. – Pete OHanlon Sep 07 '09 at 08:44

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 07 '09 at 08:26

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FileVersionInfo fvi = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(@"F:\SAMPLEPRODUCT\Bin\simpleservice.exe");
Console.WriteLine(fvi.FileVersion);

answered Sep 07 '09 at 08:26

Thomas Levesque

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Is there any other way for finding the location of a file means physical path,,Means here 'simpleservice.exe' is in these physical path F:\SAMPLEPRODUCT\Bin is there any other simple common way for finding path like server.mappath in ASP.NET,because the path will change some times na,if we copy it into different file – peter Sep 07 '09 at 08:52
I don't understand your question... You need to know the file location, if you don't the system can't guess it for you... – Thomas Levesque Sep 07 '09 at 09:21

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 07 '09 at 08:27

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    AssemblyName anm = AssemblyName.GetAssemblyName( 
     "c:\\winnt\\microsoft.net\\framework\\v1.0.3705\\mscorlib.dll");
    // and show its version
    Console.WriteLine(anm.Version.ToString());

answered Sep 07 '09 at 08:27

Arsen Mkrtchyan

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yea but he marks the question with winform and C# tag which give me an assumption that he mean .net assembly – Arsen Mkrtchyan Sep 07 '09 at 09:17

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 07 '09 at 08:28

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AssemblyName.GetAssemblyName(@"F:\SAMPLEPRODUCT\Bin\simpleservice.exe").Version

answered Sep 07 '09 at 08:28

Tadas Šukys

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Is there any other way for finding the location of a file means physical path,,Means here 'simpleservice.exe' is in these physical path F:\SAMPLEPRODUCT\Bin is there any other simple common way for finding path like server.mappath in ASP.NET,because the path will change some times na,if we copy it into different file – peter Sep 07 '09 at 08:55
This code is working with One line of code,,more optimized one – peter Sep 07 '09 at 08:56

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 07 '09 at 08:31

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public string AssemblyVersion
        {
            get
            {
                return Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.ToString();
            }
        }

answered Sep 07 '09 at 08:31

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