System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo Class

This chapter provides tutorials and notes on System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo class provided by .NET Framework to retrieve version information on Portable Executable (PE) files, .exe and .dll files. Topics include introduction to FileVersionInfo; creating FileVersionInfo objects; printing out file version information properties; using Windows Explorer and PE Explorer.

What Is FileVersionInfo?

Public Properties of FileVersionInfo Class

Creating FileVersionInfo Objects

ShowFileVersionInfo.cs - Print File Version Information

Displaying Version Information using Windows Explorer

Displaying Version Information using PE Explorer

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 About This Book

 Introduction of C# (C Sharp)

 Data Type and Variables

 Logical Expressions and Conditional Statements

 Arrays and Loop Statements

 Data Type Features

 Floating-Point Data Types

 Passing Parameters to Methods

 Execution Environment Class

 Visual C# 2010 Express Edition

 Class Features

 C# Compiler and Intermediate Language

 Compiling C# Source Code Files

 MSBuild - Microsoft Build Engine

 Memory Usages of Processes

 Multithreading in C#

 Async Feature from C# 5

 System.IO.FileInfo Class

System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo Class

 WPF - Windows Presentation Foundation

 Partial Classes and Partial Methods

 Archived Tutorials

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