How can I get the executing assembly version

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I am trying to get the executing assembly version in C  3 0 using the following code   var assemblyFullName   Assembly GetExecutingAssembly   FullName  var version   assemblyFullName  Split      1  Split      1     Is there another proper way of doing so

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I finally settled on typeof MyClass  GetTypeInfo   Assembly GetName   Version for a netstandard1 6 app  All of the other proposed answers presented a partial solution  This is the only thing that got me exactly what I needed   Sourced from a combination of places   https   msdn microsoft com en-us library x4cw969y v vs 110  aspx  https   msdn microsoft com en-us library 2exyydhb v vs 110  aspx

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using System Reflection        string version   Assembly GetEntryAssembly   GetName   Version ToString        Remarks from MSDN http   msdn microsoft com en-us library system reflection assembly getentryassembly 28v vs 110 29 aspx   The GetEntryAssembly method can return null when a managed assembly has been loaded from an unmanaged application  For example  if an unmanaged application creates an instance of a COM component written in C   a call to the GetEntryAssembly method from the C  component returns null  because the entry point for the process was unmanaged code rather than a managed assembly

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Product Version may be preferred if you re using versioning via GitVersion or other versioning software   To get this from within your class library you can call System Diagnostics FileVersionInfo ProductVersion   using System Diagnostics  using System Reflection          var assemblyLocation   Assembly GetExecutingAssembly   Location  var productVersion   FileVersionInfo GetVersionInfo assemblyLocation  ProductVersion

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In MSDN  Assembly GetExecutingAssembly Method  is remark about method  getexecutingassembly   that for performance reasons  you should call this method only when you do not know at design time what assembly is currently executing   The recommended way to retrieve an Assembly object that represents the current assembly is to use the Type Assembly property of a type found in the assembly   The following example illustrates   using System  using System Reflection   public class Example       public static void Main                 Console WriteLine  The version of the currently executing assembly is   0                              typeof Example  Assembly GetName   Version               This example produces output similar to the following     The version of the currently executing assembly is  1 1 0 0   Of course this is very similar to the answer with helper class  public static class CoreAssembly   but  if you know at least one type of executing assembly  it isn t mandatory to create a helper class  and it saves your time

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Two options    regardless of application type you can always invoke   Assembly GetExecutingAssembly   GetName   Version   If a Windows Forms application  you can always access via application if looking specifically for product version   Application ProductVersion   Using GetExecutingAssembly for an assembly reference is not always an option  As such  I personally find it useful to create a static helper class in projects where I may need to reference the underlying assembly or assembly version      A sample assembly reference class that would exist in the  Core  project  public static class CoreAssembly       public static readonly Assembly Reference   typeof CoreAssembly  Assembly      public static readonly Version Version   Reference GetName   Version      Then I can cleanly reference CoreAssembly Version in my code as required

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This should do   Assembly assem   Assembly GetExecutingAssembly    AssemblyName aName   assem GetName    return aName Version ToString

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