Getting Assembly Description from assembly file

Question

How do i get assembly description that i have added in assemblyinfo.cs file in my compact framework windows mobile 6 .

I get my build version from

Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.Revision.ToString()

Now how do i get assembly description ??

Answer 1

Try this

     var descriptionAttribute = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AssemblyDescriptionAttribute), false).OfType<AssemblyDescriptionAttribute>().FirstOrDefault();
var description = descriptionAttribute .Description;