Getting Assembly File Version for Silverlight Returns an Asterisk

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I'm trying to get the assembly file verison within a Silverlight application. Since Silverlight doesn't have the FileVersionInfo class, this seems to be the recommended way to get the information:

var executingAssembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
var customAttributes = executingAssembly.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AssemblyFileVersionAttribute), false);
if (customAttributes != null)
{
    var assemblyFileVersionAttribute = customAttributes[0] as AssemblyFileVersionAttribute;
    return assemblyFileVersionAttribute.Version;
}

However, the above code returns 1.2.0.*. That is indeed what is in the AssemblyInfo.cs file, but I want the actual file version (without the asterisk) instead of 1.2.0.*. How can I do that?

Do you mean you want `1.2.0`, `1.2.0.0` or `1.2.0.X` where "X" is the _actual_ version number digit from 0 through 9? — Chris Sinclair, Sep 05 '13 at 13:15
@ChrisSinclair I'm looking for 1.2.0.X where "X" is the actual version number digit from 0 through 9. — Bob Horn, Sep 05 '13 at 13:16
Does this help? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2297273/getting-runtime-version-of-a-silverlight-assembly — Chris Sinclair, Sep 05 '13 at 13:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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The problem here is that AssemblyFileVersion does not auto-increment like AssemblyVersion does. The * in your assembly.cs file is actually part of the AssemblyFileVersion string. See this answer for more.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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answered Oct 29 '13 at 14:24

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