How to find version of file programatically in .Net 2005?

Hi,

I wanted to know how I can find the version of a file programatically using C# .Net2005.

I am using FileInfo[ ] info = Directory.GetFiles() to get all the files in the directory.But I am not able to get the version attribute of the file.

Any help is highly appreciated

Regards,

~nhd

roy-roy
Thanks, chris! It's simple enough and works fine.
Romantic_touch
Yes, not all files have versions.

But I want to find versions for files with .dll,.exe

can i get the versions programatically
Alessandro Camargo

Hi nhd,

Then try the unsafe code in the article. (example 3). It gets the product version of the file.
PsychUK
Thanks a lot Chris..

It is working fine

~nhd
gteddy

No, you don't need unsafe code in extracting version information of executable files. There is a class called FileVersionInfo in System.Diagnostics namespace, and it's accessible to your program.

Here's an example:

FileVersionInfo notepadInfo =
FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo("%systemroot%\\notepad.exe");

From the call above, the notepadInfo object will be filled with version information of notepad.exe.

Debug.WriteLine("File Description : " + notepadInfo.FileDescription);
Debug.WriteLine("File Version : " + notepadInfo.FileVersion);

Regards,

-chris
ijrr

Hi nhd,

I'm afraid that not all files have the version attribute, for example the basic 'txt' file. However, you can get a lot of information from the FileInfo class.
How to find version of file programatically in .Net 2005?