Get the version of the current application. : Assembly « Reflection « VB.Net

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VB.Net » Reflection » Assembly Screenshots  Get the version of the current application.   Imports System Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Imports System.Reflection Module MainClass     Sub Main( )         Dim assem As Assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()         Dim assemName As AssemblyName = assem.GetName()         Dim ver As Version = assemName.Version         Console.WriteLine("{0}, Version {1}", assemName.Name, ver.ToString())     End Sub End Module         Related examples in the same category 1. Add all Public Assembly Form Type 2. View all Assembly Form Type in a Tree 3. View all Assembly Form Type and its members in a Tree 4. Find Members with Binding Flags 5. Get Assembly Member type: Property or Member 6. Load all Types in one Assembly 7. Get Class Name in Current Assembly 8. Get Executing Assembly 9. Get Information from Assembly 10. Get info for current AppDomain 11. Hook into DomainUnload event 12. Programmatically make a new app domain 13. Assembly Class represents an assembly 14. The AssemblyName type can be used to parse the full name 15. Create an object from the assembly, passing in the correct number and type of arguments for the constructor 16. Get the version of the executing assembly (that is, this assembly). 17. Get the version of a specific assembly. 18. Using AssemblyVersionAttribute 19. Create AssemblyName class with the specified display name. 20. AssemblyName.GetAssemblyName gets the AssemblyName for a given file. 21. AssemblyName.Version gets or sets the major, minor, build, and revision numbers of the assembly. 22. Assembly.FullName gets the display name of the assembly. 23. Assembly.GetCallingAssembly returns the Assembly of the method that invoked the currently executing method. 24. Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly gets the assembly that contains the code that is currently executing. 25. Assembly.GetExportedTypes gets the public types defined in this assembly that are visible outside the assembly. 26. Assembly.GetTypes gets the types defined in this assembly. 27. Assembly.IsDefined tells whether or not a specified attribute has been applied to the assembly. 28. Assembly.Load loads an assembly given the long form of its name. 29. Assembly.Location Property gets the path or UNC location of the loaded file that contains the manifest. 30. The version of mscorlib.dll