C# Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v3.32, by Herong Yang
ShowFileVersionInfo.cs - Print File Version Information
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use the FileVersionInfo class to print out all properties included in the version information of an executable file.
In the previous section, we learned how to create a FileVersionInfo object to represent the version information of a specific executable file.
Now let's write a more useful program to dump all properties related to the version information of a given file:
// ShowFileVersionInfo.cs // Copyright (c) 2016 HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved. using System; using System.Diagnostics; public class ShowFileVersionInfo { public static void Main(string[] args) { // Getting file path name from command line if (args.Length < 1) { Console.WriteLine("Usage: ShowFileVersionInfo fullPath"); return; } string fileName = args[0]; // Creating the FileVersionInfo object FileVersionInfo cmdVersion = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(fileName); // Printing out file name information Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("File name information:"); Console.WriteLine(" File name: {0}", cmdVersion.FileName); Console.WriteLine(" Internal name: {0}", cmdVersion.InternalName); Console.WriteLine(" Original file name: {0}", cmdVersion.OriginalFilename); Console.WriteLine(" File description: {0}", cmdVersion.FileDescription); // Printing out file version information Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("File version information:"); Console.WriteLine(" File version: {0}", cmdVersion.FileVersion); Console.WriteLine(" File major part: {0}", cmdVersion.FileMajorPart); Console.WriteLine(" File minor part: {0}", cmdVersion.FileMinorPart); Console.WriteLine(" File build part: {0}", cmdVersion.FileBuildPart); Console.WriteLine(" File private part: {0}", cmdVersion.FilePrivatePart); // Printing out product information Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Product information:"); Console.WriteLine(" Product name: {0}", cmdVersion.ProductName); Console.WriteLine(" Product version: {0}", cmdVersion.ProductVersion); Console.WriteLine(" Product major part: {0}", cmdVersion.ProductMajorPart); Console.WriteLine(" Product minor part: {0}", cmdVersion.ProductMinorPart); Console.WriteLine(" Product build part: {0}", cmdVersion.ProductBuildPart); Console.WriteLine(" Product private part: {0}", cmdVersion.ProductPrivatePart); // Printing out other information Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Other information:"); Console.WriteLine(" Company name: {0}", cmdVersion.CompanyName); Console.WriteLine(" Legal copyright: {0}", cmdVersion.LegalCopyright); Console.WriteLine(" Legal trademarks: {0}", cmdVersion.LegalTrademarks); Console.WriteLine(" Private build: {0}", cmdVersion.PrivateBuild); Console.WriteLine(" Special build: {0}", cmdVersion.SpecialBuild); Console.WriteLine(" Comments: {0}", cmdVersion.Comments); } }
Compile it with .NET SDK 4.0 and run it:
C:\herong>\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc ShowFileVersionInfo.cs C:\herong>ShowFileVersionInfo C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe File name information: File name: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe Internal name: cmd Original file name: Cmd.Exe.MUI File description: Windows Command Processor File version information: File version: 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850) File major part: 6 File minor part: 1 File build part: 7601 File private part: 17514 Product information: Product name: Microsoft Windows Operating System Product version: 6.1.7601.17514 Product major part: 6 Product minor part: 1 Product build part: 7601 Product private part: 17514 Other information: Company name: Microsoft Corporation Legal copyright: c Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Legal trademarks: Private build: Special build: Comments:
Note that:
Table of Contents
Logical Expressions and Conditional Statements
Visual C# 2010 Express Edition
C# Compiler and Intermediate Language
Compiling C# Source Code Files
MSBuild - Microsoft Build Engine
►System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo Class
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
WPF - Windows Presentation Foundation