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Visual Basic .net, Assembly Revision number not incrementing

What do I need to do to make the revision number change?

In my Assembly, I have <Assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")> specified. When I right-click on the bin file, a dll, the Build number is correct (adds up to today's date) but the revision number adds up to a time around 3 am (21368). I rebuilt the dll. Same number. Deleted and recreated the dll. Same number...

How do I make the revision number increment?

Carlos Villegas

Hello, remove the attribute <Assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")> from your AssemblyInfo.vb, then try again.

Mike Broderick

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I'm sorry, it is already removed.

Mike Broderick

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Update: About an hour elapsed, and when I rebuild the project, I get a new revision number. This doesnt make any sense.

Carlos Villegas

Well... I'm not sure if it is a VS IDE bug... but if you reopen your project, change some thing and do a build it is refreshed...

Mez4343

Does the Created/Modified/Accessed dates on General tab of DLL show correct compiled date? This will verify you are looking at the DLL that you recompiled.

Also, make sure assembly: AssemblyFileVersion line is commented out in assembly.vb file. using both AssemblyVersion and AssemblyFileVersion prevents autoincrement for some reason.

Is there any post build event in project properties setting assembly version number?

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Mike Broderick

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I closed out the IDS then reopened it, then rebuilt the solution. The revision number changed. Thanks.

Carlos Villegas

Glad to help!