Specifying Assembly Information in Visual Studio

Assembly information  provides information about an assembly. This includes  Title, description, version information, Product name,  company name,  Trademark and more. This information are corresponds to the values of the  GAC for that assemblies as well .  We can provide the Assembly information either by Assembly.cs file or Assembly Information Dialog box.

AssemblyInfo.cs file is created automatically when you create an application in Visual Studio and It is located under the folder "Properties" .  This contains general Information about an assembly and that is controlled through the following
set of attributes.

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If you wan to modify the Assembly Information, you can directly update the information in this file.

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Alternatively you can specify the assembly information from Assembly Information Dialog box as well.   You need to follow below steps to open the Assembly information

1. Select  the project in Solution Explorer> Right Click > Properties > Application Tab

2. Click the Assembly Information buttonimage

3. This will open the Assembly Information dialog box.

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You will find the same information, for every field  corresponding to AssemblyInfo.Cs file.  The Updated information will also reflect the AssemblyInfo.Cs.

Hope this helps.

Cheets !

Abhijit

Abhijit Jana

Abhijit runs the Daily .NET Tips. He started this site with a vision to have a single knowledge base of .NET tips and tricks and share post that can quickly help any developers . He is a Former Microsoft ASP.NET MVP, CodeProject MVP, Mentor, Speaker, Author, Technology Evangelist and presently working as a .NET Consultant. He blogs at http://abhijitjana.net , you can follow him @AbhijitJana . He is the author of book Kinect for Windows SDK Programming Guide.