"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> "Charles Law" <bl***@nowhere.com> schrieb:
>>I want to display the name and version of all assemblies (dlls?)
>>used/required by my application in a Help | About box. Is there a way to
>>do this?
>>
>> One of the problems I anticipate is that assemblies are only loaded when
>> required. When my app loads not all assemblies are loaded. If the user
>> goes straight to the Help About box then there will still be assemblies
>> required but not yet loaded, so I would need a way of getting these as
>> well. This also presents a problem if an assembly is required by some
>> sub-function of my application, and it is not apparent that it is missing
>> when the program is first run.
>
> Solution for referenced assemblies:
>
> \\\
> With Me.ListView1
>    .View = View.Details
>    Dim c1 As New ColumnHeader
>    c1.Text = "Library"
>    c1.Width = 140
>    Dim c2 As New ColumnHeader
>    c2.Text = "Version"
>    c2.Width = 80
>    .Columns.AddRange(New ColumnHeader() {c1, c2})
>    For Each m As AssemblyName In _
>        [Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly().GetReferencedAssemblies()
>
>        Dim lvi As New ListViewItem
>        lvi.Text = m.Name
>        lvi.SubItems.Add(m.Version.ToString())
>        .Items.Add(lvi)
>    Next m
> End With
> ///
>
> For the other DLLs, you could use the 'FileVersionInfo' class to get the
> files' version numbers.
>
> --
> M S   Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P  <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B   <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

"Charles Law" <bl***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Herfried
>
> I have been playing with the code below, and I've found that it does not
> list all the assemblies that I expect. In particular, what I am looking
> for is an assembly that is referenced by one of the assemblies in the
> list, but which is not directly referenced by the executing assembly, if
> that makes sense. It is not obvious to me how I can get that.
>
> Also, I would like to be able to get more information about each assembly,
> such as its location.
>
> Charles
>
>
> "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
> news:%23W4I9qtLFHA.3788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> "Charles Law" <bl***@nowhere.com> schrieb:
>>>I want to display the name and version of all assemblies (dlls?)
>>>used/required by my application in a Help | About box. Is there a way to
>>>do this?
>>>
>>> One of the problems I anticipate is that assemblies are only loaded when
>>> required. When my app loads not all assemblies are loaded. If the user
>>> goes straight to the Help About box then there will still be assemblies
>>> required but not yet loaded, so I would need a way of getting these as
>>> well. This also presents a problem if an assembly is required by some
>>> sub-function of my application, and it is not apparent that it is
>>> missing when the program is first run.
>>
>> Solution for referenced assemblies:
>>
>> \\\
>> With Me.ListView1
>>    .View = View.Details
>>    Dim c1 As New ColumnHeader
>>    c1.Text = "Library"
>>    c1.Width = 140
>>    Dim c2 As New ColumnHeader
>>    c2.Text = "Version"
>>    c2.Width = 80
>>    .Columns.AddRange(New ColumnHeader() {c1, c2})
>>    For Each m As AssemblyName In _
>>        [Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly().GetReferencedAssemblies()
>>
>>        Dim lvi As New ListViewItem
>>        lvi.Text = m.Name
>>        lvi.SubItems.Add(m.Version.ToString())
>>        .Items.Add(lvi)
>>    Next m
>> End With
>> ///
>>
>> For the other DLLs, you could use the 'FileVersionInfo' class to get the
>> files' version numbers.
>>
>> --
>> M S   Herfried K. Wagner
>> M V P  <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
>> V B   <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
>
>