.NET版本号（安装程序版本）

Question

I'm trying to add a feature to my winforms app that prints the version number on the main screen. I currently have this:

txtVersion.Text = ProductVersion.ToString();

Which tells me the version of the program – all well and good.

However, what I'd ideally like it to do is to pick up the version of the installer program that was used to create the msi. Is there a way to either interrogate this from within the installed program, or to transfer the information during installation somehow?

Answer 1

It sounds like you want the ProductVersion property . You can get that at run time by calling the ::MsiGetProductInfo() function providing the ProductCode for the MSI that installed you.

If doesn't work out for you, then writing the ProductVersion to a registry key and reading that at run-time is fairly popular. You can use that registry key to solve the ICE38 troubles described here as well: http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2007/4/27/How-to-create-an-uninstall-shortcut-and-pass-all-the

Answer 2

最好不要从安装程序中获取应用程序版本，而是从app（AssemblyInfo.cs），imo获取安装程序版本。

Answer 3

您可以在安装期间将版本保存在注册表项中，然后从程序中查询注册表项。

Answer 4

You can very well do from your installation program (MSI) through custom actions using Wix3

Following links can get you started

WIX at Sourceforge

Wix Tutorial