Running an action method on every view

Question

I want to show the version info of the current project on every page.

The way I do it in the moment is like this:

Inside the Index method of my homecontroller:

ViewBag.Version = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version;

Inside the _layout.cshtml(masterpage):

@ViewBag.Version

The Problem here is, it will only displayed once, but I want to display the Version on every page/view.

This is my routing configuration:

        public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

        routes.MapRoute(
            name: "Default",
            url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }


        );
    }

Do I have to change something here ?

Ty for helping

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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Why not just call

@System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version;

on the _Layout.cshtml view?

MVC has a different launch context and a work around is needed to text the version:

@typeof(HomeController).Assembly.GetName().Version

HomeController could be replaced with any other type in the assembly the MVC application assembly. See this question for more info.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered May 30 '14 at 06:53

Henk Mollema

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because it shows only 0.0.0.0 instead of the real defined version number – user254197 May 30 '14 at 06:59
Have you defined the version in `AssemblyInfo.cs`? – Henk Mollema May 30 '14 at 07:07
Yes, under the Properties folder (location of the file) and it is defined as the following: [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.2")] [assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.2")] – user254197 May 30 '14 at 07:16
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@user254197 try using the full namespace: `W4K.mvc.Controllers.HomeController` or something. – Henk Mollema May 30 '14 at 07:35

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 30 '14 at 06:56

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Just put this in the Layout.

<label>@System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version</label>

answered May 30 '14 at 06:56

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It shows only 0.0.0.0 instead of the real defined version number – user254197 May 30 '14 at 07:00

Running an action method on every view

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