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Add version number to exe (created in VS 2008 - compact framework)

I want to add version info to my mobile device exe file and apparently the following line is not supported in CF (windows mobile 6.0), ideas?:

<Assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")>

i.e., what I want to do is be able to to right-click on the exe and have the version displayed in a "version" tab just like a "normal" exe. I would then be able to read this version in code FROM A VB6 PROGRAM.

thanks.

alexey_gusev

this one is supported though, so you can read it I reckon

<Assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.3.1.0")>

Altin Bardhi

When you release your project you can change the version using the properties of your setup project.

bmutch

ASKER

Please let me know how/if these solutions will lead to something I can read in a VB6 program... seems I recall the AssemblyVersion was not readable from VB6.

bmutch

ASKER

For "normal" exe files I can use the (FileSystemObject).GetFileVersion function to get the version. This is preferably what I would like to use.

Altin Bardhi

You can try the following urls for more info:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vb/appsettings2005.aspx?msg=1656555
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/ManagingAssemblyVersions.aspx

bmutch

ASKER

Is there any indication that I can read the "assembly" version from vb6 somehow, please, I need a solution that will work IN VB6.

Altin Bardhi

Try the following url
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817248

bmutch

ASKER

I don't see where in the above article it references my issue, and again this article is about creating dotnet "COM" components to run on a PC.

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Altin Bardhi

I was just giving you some clues, so you could somehow, get in the right direction. Some principles in programming are the same...

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