Question

I am looking for a MSBuild task that will tell me the version of a specific dll. Is there a task available for this?

In my case the dll is a .Net assembly, so I’m actually looking for Assembly.FullName.

Answer 1

Thanks madgnome! I thought I would share the working code.

<Target Name='UpdateWebConfigVersion'>     <GetAssemblyIdentity AssemblyFiles='lib\foo.dll'>         <Output TaskParameter='Assemblies' ItemName='fooAssemblyInfo'/>     </GetAssemblyIdentity>     <XmlUpdate XmlFileName='src\Web\ServiceModel.Extensions.config'             XPath='//extensions/behaviorExtensions/add[@name='silverlightFaults']/@type'             Value='foo.ServiceModel.Extensions.Behaviors.SilverlightFaultBehavior, foo, Version=%(fooAssemblyInfo.Version), Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=XXXXXXXX'/> </Target>