Control.ProductVersion Property (System.Windows.Forms)

.NET Framework Class Library

Control..::.ProductVersion Property

Gets the version of the assembly containing the control.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public ReadOnly Property ProductVersion As String

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public string ProductVersion { get; }

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property String^ ProductVersion {
	String^ get ();
}

[<BrowsableAttribute(false)>]
member ProductVersion : string

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The file version of the assembly containing the control.

Remarks

The ProductVersion property is a read-only property. To change the value of this property, set the Version property value of the AssemblyVersionAttribute. The following line of C# code sets the ProductVersion property.

 [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.1")]

Note
It is strongly recommended that you provide the company name, product name, and product version. Providing this information enables the use of Windows Forms features such as Application..::.UserAppDataPath that make it easier to write applications that comply with the "Certified for Windows" program. For more information about the Certified for Windows program, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/certification.

Note

It is strongly recommended that you provide the company name, product name, and product version. Providing this information enables the use of Windows Forms features such as Application..::.UserAppDataPath that make it easier to write applications that comply with the "Certified for Windows" program. For more information about the Certified for Windows program, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/certification.

Examples

The following code example displays information about the application in a Label contained by a Form. This example requires that the CompanyName, ProductName and ProductVersion have been set.


Private Sub AboutDialog_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
   ' Display the application information in the label.
   Me.labelVersionInfo.Text = _
      Me.CompanyName + "  " + _
      Me.ProductName + "  Version: " + _
      Me.ProductVersion
   End Sub


private void AboutDialog_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   // Display the application information in the label.
   this.labelVersionInfo.Text = 
      this.CompanyName + "  " + 
      this.ProductName + "  Version: " +
      this.ProductVersion;  
}


void AboutDialog_Load( Object^ /*sender*/, EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{
   // Display the application information in the label.
   this->labelVersionInfo->Text = String::Format(  "{0} {1} Version: {2}", this->CompanyName, this->ProductName, this->ProductVersion );
}

Version Information

.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

Platforms

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.

Reference

Control Class

System.Windows.Forms Namespace

AssemblyVersionAttribute..::.Version

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