Question

What is the best method for displaying major/minor versions in a C# console application?

The System.Windows.Forms namespace includes a ProductVersion class that can be used to display the name/version information set via the Visual Studio project properties (Assembly Information). As such, here is my current mechanism:

Console.WriteLine('{0} ({1})',     System.Windows.Forms.Application.ProductName,     System.Windows.Forms.Application.ProductVersion); 

Why is this part of Forms? Is this appropriate for a Console application?

Answer 1

Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version 

Also, you can still use the class, you just have to reference the containing assembly. It’s no biggie.