How to display ClickOnce Version number on Windows Forms

Question

I have a windows forms application that is deployed to two different locations.

• Intranet - ClickOnce
• Internet - Installed on a citrix farm through Windows installer

I display ClickOnce version number for click-once deployed versionApplicationDeployment.IsNetworkDeployed.

if (ApplicationDeployment.IsNetworkDeployed)
        return ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.CurrentVersion;

But for the non-click application, I am not sure how to retrieve clickonce version unless I hardcode the version number in assembly info.

Is there an automatic way of retrieve ClickOnce version number for non-clickonce deployed version?

Answer 1

No I do not believe that there is a way. I believe the ClickOnce information comes from the manifest which will only be available in a ClickOnce deployment. I think that hard coding the version number is your best option.

Answer 2

Hard code, or... Keep track on your versions (File, Assembly, Deploy) in a database. Make a call to the database with your Assembly and get the Deploy version.

This assumes that you are incrementing your versions in a logical way such that each version type has a relationship. It's a lot of work for such a minor problem. I'd personally go with Jared's solution; although I hate hard coding anything.

Answer 3

I would simply make the assembly version of the main assembly the same as the CLickOnce version every time you put out a new version. Then when it runs as a non-clickonce application, just use Reflection to pick up the assembly version.

Answer 4

Using a build component, you could read the click-once version from the project file and write it automatically to the assembly info so both of them are in sync.