Let's say I wanted to create a static text file which ships with each release. I want the file to be updated with the version number of the release (as specified in AssemblyInfo.cs
), but I don't want to have to do this manually.
I was hoping I could use a post-build event and feed the version number to a batch file like this:
call foo.bat $(AssemblyVersion)
However I can't find any suitable variable or macro to use.
Is there a way to achieve this that I've missed?
If you prefer scripting these methods might also work for you:
If you are using the post-build event, you can use the filever.exe tool to grab it out of the already built assembly:
for /F "tokens=4" %%F in ('filever.exe /B /A /D bin\debug\myapp.exe') do (
set VERSION=%%F
)
echo The version is %VERSION%
Get filever.exe from here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913111
If you are using the pre-build event, you can take it out of the AssemblyInfo.cs file as follows:
set ASMINFO=Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs
FINDSTR /C:"[assembly: AssemblyVersion(" %ASMINFO% | sed.exe "s/\[assembly: AssemblyVersion(\"/SET CURRENT_VERSION=/g;s/\")\]//g;s/\.\*//g" >SetCurrVer.cmd
CALL SetCurrVer.cmd
DEL SetCurrVer.cmd
echo Current version is %CURRENT_VERSION%
This uses the unix command line tool sed, which you can download from many places, such as here: http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ - iirc that one works ok.