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FileVersionInfo.FileBuildPart Property

.NET Framework 4

Gets the build number of the file.

Namespace:  System.Diagnostics
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
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public int FileBuildPart { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
A value representing the build number of the file or null if the file did not contain version information.

Typically, a version number is displayed as "major number.minor number.build number.private part number". A file version number is a 64-bit number that holds the version number for a file as follows:

This property gets the third set of 16 bits.

The following example calls GetVersionInfo to get the FileVersionInfo for the Notepad. Then it prints the FileBuildPart in a text box. This code assumes textBox1 has been instantiated.

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private void GetFileBuildPart()
{
    // Get the file version for the notepad.
    FileVersionInfo myFileVersionInfo =
        FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(Environment.SystemDirectory + "\\Notepad.exe");

    // Print the file build number.
    textBox1.Text = "File build number: " + myFileVersionInfo.FileBuildPart;
}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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FileBuildPart Sample using PowerShell 
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    This script shows the build number of file version object.
.DESCRIPTION
    This script is a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample script
    that uses System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo to get
    the build identification of the file.
.NOTES
    File Name  : Show-FileBuildPart.ps1
    Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
    Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0
.LINK
    This script posted to:
        http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/
    MSDN sample posted to:
         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.fileversioninfo.filebuildpart.aspx 
.EXAMPLE
    Psh> .\Show-FileBuildPart.ps1
    File build number for C:\Windows\system32\Notepad.exe is: 6001
#>
# Set filename
$File = [System.Environment]::SystemDirectory + "\Notepad.exe"

#Get Version information for this file
$myFileVersionInfo = [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($File)

# Print the Build details name
"File build number for {0} is: {1}"  -f $file,$myFileVersionInfo.FileBuildPart
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