Build number control

[12Code]

How can i automatically increments the build number in an AssemblyInfo.cs? Any example? using macro or function method?

Kelvin

[Nagy Vilmos]

MS, he say: The version number has four parts, as follows: <major version>.<minor version>.<build number>.<revision> You can specify all the values or you can accept the default build number, revision number, or both by using an asterisk (*). For example, [assembly:AssemblyVersion("2.3.25.1")] indicates 2 as the major version, 3 as the minor version, 25 as the build number, and 1 as the revision number. A version number such as [assembly:AssemblyVersion("1.2.*")] specifies 1 as the major version, 2 as the minor version, and accepts the default build and revision numbers. A version number such as [assembly:AssemblyVersion("1.2.15.*")] specifies 1 as the major version, 2 as the minor version, 15 as the build number, and accepts the default revision number. The default build number increments daily. The default revision number is random.

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[Simon P Stevens]

williamnw wrote:

[assembly:AssemblyVersion("1.2.*")]

I've tried this and I've never been able to get it to work. It always just gives me a version of "1.2.*" on the actual file. Have you got it working williamnw? (Sorry for hijacking your thread 8kelvin) For 8kelvin: There are two other options: 1) The AssemblyInfo[^] task can be used to auto increment the version number by modifying the assemblyinfo.cs file prior to the build being run. You just add an include statement to your project file. 2) There's a task in the MSBuild Community Tasks[^] project that can be used to generate a version number and write it into a generated assemblyinfo.cs file prior to the build running. Again, it just requires some additions to your csproj file (or msbuild script if you use it) To be honest I have problems with both methods in my projects. We have large projects containing multiple assemblies and always end up with references screwed up because one of them is trying to reference versions prior to the number increment, or version numbers getting incremented twice or stupid things like that. This is the one area of our system I'm very unhappy with, but I can't find a decent solution.

Simon

[12Code]

I just got this version file working. Thanks guys. For Simon Stevens,

Simon Stevens wrote:

It always just gives me a version of "1.2.*" on the actual file.

you need to delete [assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")] in order to make it work.

Kelvin

modified on Friday, March 20, 2009 2:58 AM

[Simon P Stevens]

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

Simon

[Nagy Vilmos]

Saved me answering, thanks!

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