Getting Assembly Information

[tymbow]

I'm getting some attributes from the assembly and I can't seem to get the version attribute. When I use the following code it throws an out of bounds exception for the array as there are no elements.

 

The AssemblyVersion attribute is defined and this code works perfectly for every other assembly attribute. Any thoughts on this?

 

       Public ReadOnly Property Version() As String Implements IAssemblyInformation.Version

           Get

               ' Get the version attribute

               Dim attrVersion As AssemblyVersionAttribute

               attrVersion = CType(myAssembly.GetCustomAttributes(GetType(AssemblyVersionAttribute), False)(0), AssemblyVersionAttribute)

               ' Return the version string

               Return attrVersion.Version.ToCharArray

               ' Clear any objects we used 

               attrVersion = Nothing

           End Get

       End Property

[divil]

The correct way to get an assembly's version is not by reading an attribute, but by looking at the Assembly.GetName().Version property.