Assembly problem

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Hi, I'm trying to add the product, title and version number to my main form
with the following code. I've tried using this code in the public class
FrmMain section but I get the error thisAsm' denotes a 'field' where a
'class' was expected. Also it will not compile 'this' with the error Keyword
this is not available in the current context
Any ideas?
Thanks

Assembly thisAsm = this.GetType().Assembly;
string messageHeader = ((AssemblyProductAttribute)thisAsm.GetCustomAttributes
(typeof(AssemblyProductAttribute), false)[0]).Product +
((AssemblyTitleAttribute)thisAsm.GetCustomAttributes
(typeof(AssemblyTitleAttribute), false)[0]).Title + " V" +
Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName ().Version.Major.ToString() + "." +
Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.Minor.ToString();
 
Hi Jez,

Try moving your code to a method (such as the constructor). Code should be
created inide a property or method, not in the main body of a class.

HTH,

Telmo Sampaio
MCT
 
Tried moving the code to the public FrmMain() method but I then get the
compile error: The name 'memessageHeader' does not exist in the class or
namespace 'HRUtils.FrmMain'.

I also get the same error if I move the code to a test method like
public string test()
{
Assembly thisAsm = this.GetType().Assembly;
string messageHeader = ((AssemblyProductAttribute)thisAsm.GetCustomAttributes
(typeof(AssemblyProductAttribute), false)[0]).Product +
((AssemblyTitleAttribute)thisAsm.GetCustomAttributes
(typeof(AssemblyTitleAttribute), false)[0]).Title + " V" +
Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.Major.ToString() + "." +
Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.Minor.ToString();
return messageHeader;
}

This is really very odd as all I want to do is have a string messageHeader
that I can call to show in the main form and also display in some message
boxes. Is it better to store the product name and version etc. in a resources
file or another class?







Telmo Sampaio said:
Hi Jez,

Try moving your code to a method (such as the constructor). Code should be
created inide a property or method, not in the main body of a class.

HTH,

Telmo Sampaio
MCT

jez123456 said:
Hi, I'm trying to add the product, title and version number to my main
form
with the following code. I've tried using this code in the public class
FrmMain section but I get the error thisAsm' denotes a 'field' where a
'class' was expected. Also it will not compile 'this' with the error
Keyword
this is not available in the current context
Any ideas?
Thanks

Assembly thisAsm = this.GetType().Assembly;
string messageHeader =
((AssemblyProductAttribute)thisAsm.GetCustomAttributes
(typeof(AssemblyProductAttribute), false)[0]).Product +
((AssemblyTitleAttribute)thisAsm.GetCustomAttributes
(typeof(AssemblyTitleAttribute), false)[0]).Title + " V" +
Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName ().Version.Major.ToString() + "."
+
Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.Minor.ToString();
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