How do I get just the Major part of version inside AfterBuild target

Asked Apr 07 '20 at 14:56

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How do I get just the Major part of the version in AfterBuild target? I thought I could access the property like shown below, but it just echoes the statement rather than show version.

  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
    <GetAssemblyIdentity
        AssemblyFiles="$(MyAssemblies)">
      <Output
          TaskParameter="Assemblies"
          ItemName="MyAssemblyIdentities"/>
    </GetAssemblyIdentity>

    <Message Text="Files: %(MyAssemblyIdentities.Version.Major)"/>
  </Target>

Here is the working code in Program.cs

 var version = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version;
 Console.WriteLine(String.Format("My Application Version {0}", version.Major));

edited Apr 07 '20 at 14:59

Daniel A. White

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asked Apr 07 '20 at 14:56

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are you trying to get the version for the assembly you just tried to compile? – Daniel A. White Apr 07 '20 at 14:59
I just want part of the version (Major) from within the AfterBuild target – Rod Apr 07 '20 at 15:00
ok... your question says that... but which assembly do you want it from. – Daniel A. White Apr 07 '20 at 15:01
oh, sorry. yes the current assembly that I just compiled – Rod Apr 07 '20 at 15:02
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49624054/msbuild-how-to-read-assembly-version-and-file-version-from-assmeblyinfo-cs here's a starting point. i think the value is a string and you can do string manip on that. – Daniel A. White Apr 07 '20 at 15:03

How do I get just the Major part of version inside AfterBuild target

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