AssemblyInfo.cs is a standard file in c# projects that contains metadata about the assembly like its title, copyright or version, declared using .net attributes.
Questions tagged [assemblyinfo]
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ProductName and CompanyName in C#
In VB.Net, I can retrieve my application's ProductName and CompanyName by using:
My.Application.Info.ProductName
My.Application.Info.CompanyName
How do I do the same thing in C#?

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AssemblyInfo.cs subversion and TortoiseSVN
I'm using TortoiseSVN and Visual Studio 2008.
Is there any way to update my project's assemblyinfo.cs with svn's version in every build?
For example, 1.0.0.[svn's version] -> 1.0.0.12

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Create global AssemblyInfo file for all projects
I've got a solution with multiple .NET 3.5 projects.
Is there a way I can create a "global" AssemblyInfo.cs so that all project AssemblyInfo.cs files can reference from?

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Setting the default values of AssemblyInfo.cs
What is the best way to change the default values that AssemblyInfo.cs is created with, e.g. I don't want the Microsoft bits in AssemblyCompany and AssemblyCopyright
[assembly: AssemblyCompany("Microsoft")]
[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright ©…

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Where to find the assembly configuration information?
in AssemblyInfo.cs file I have following subection:
#if DEBUG
[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("Debug")]
#else
[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("Release")]
#endif
Where this information can be seen after assembly is built ? Since there is nothing…

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Why not check in AssemblyInfo.cs
I was watching a video on Git and the guy went out of his way to ignore the AssemblyInfo.cs. Why should I not check that file in? If I don't check the file in won't Visual Studio complain for the next user when he checks my code out?

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How to share assembly info in ASP.NET Core?
I'm developing a REST Api using ASP.NET Core. I used to shared assembly info across my solution using a shared file containing common attributes such as AssemblyCompany, AssemblyCopyright, AssemblyTrademark and AssemblyVersion. In this way all of my…

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building error of assemblyInfo.cd could not be found in visual studio 2012 on win 7
After searching the SO forum, I cannot find a working solution for my question. If you find one, I would really appreciate it.
In Visual Studio 2012, I am building a C# project. I get the following error:
Source file 'Properties\Assemblyinfo.cs'…

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Access Version from AssemblyInfo in MSBuild
I am trying to create/push nuget package through visual studio build process as explained here.
Building package is easy:

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Assembly Versioning using CruiseControl.net
I have setup CruiseControl.net for a bunch of my projects which are related.
As a result a single project tag in CruiseControl has multiple SVN checkouts and then a bunch of msbuild tasks compile all the individual sln files.
I need to update the…
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Details of Assembly version
we will find Assembly version from Assembly.cs in every library.
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]
My question is what is 1.0.0.0 meant by this?
Thanks

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Are there good reasons for letting AssemblyVersion and AssemblyFileVersion match?
Gendarme has an AvoidAssemblyVersionMismatchRule with the following description:
This rule checks that the [AssemblyVersion] matches the [AssemblyFileVersion] when both are present inside an assembly. Having different version numbers in both…

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Get minor and major version from MSBUILD script
I'm using Msbuild to compile and generate .zip files and installers and I need the version number of my assembyInfo.
I'm using this code.
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Should I set AssemblyConfigurationAttribute?
Is it good practice to set AssemblyConfigurationAttribute in .Net assembly files?

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Unit test an internal class in ASP.NET Core
I want to unit test a class with internal protection level in an ASP.NET Core project. I have added an AssemblyInfo.cs file to the properties of the project under test:
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using…

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