Different File Versions in Visual Studio and windows Properties

Question

Anyone knows why am I having different file versions of a executable file in windows properties and visual Studio?

I'm querying the same file... for sure! What am I mising....

This is my code:

private string getFileVersion(string filePath)
    {
        try
        {                
            return FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(filePath).FileVersion;
        }
        catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
        {
            mLogFile.addLogEntry("XML file. " + ex.Message);
            return null;
        }
    }

UPDATE:The File I'm querying it is not the project executable file.

thanks

Answer 1

The developer of that application didn't update the "FileVersion" string to match the information in the other properties.

Build the file version information from the following information:

FileVersionInfo info  = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(filePath);
String version = String.Format("{0}.{1}.{2}.{3}", info.FileMajorPart
                                                , info.FileMinorPart
                                                , info.FileBuildPart
                                                , info.FilePrivatePart);