Reference3.Version Property

Gets the version of the specified reference.

Namespace:  VSLangProj80
Assembly:  VSLangProj80 (in VSLangProj80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Version As String

string Version { get; }

property String^ Version {
    String^ get ();
}

abstract Version : string with get

function get Version () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
A string representing the version number.

Remarks

The version number is in the format:

Major version + Minor version + Build version + Revision.

For example, 10.3.5400.3.

Examples

This example iterates through references and displays their version numbers in an open Visual Basic or Visual C# project. To run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

Imports VSLangProj
Imports VSLangProj2
Imports VSLangProj80
Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, _
 ByVal connectMode As ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, _
 ByRef custom As Array) Implements IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection
    applicationObject = CType(application, DTE2)
    addInInstance = CType(addInInst, AddIn)
    DisplayVersion(applicationObject)
End Sub
Public Sub DisplayVersion(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.
    Dim vsProject As VSProject2 = _
    CType(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object, _
    VSProject2)
    Dim aRef As Reference3
    Dim refStr As String
    refStr = ""
    For Each aRef In VSProject.References
        refStr += (aRef.Name & " has a version number: " _
        & aRef.Version & vbCr & vbCr)
    Next
    MsgBox(refStr)
End Sub

using System.Windows.Forms;
using VSLangProj;
using VSLangProj2;
using VSLangProj80;
public void OnConnection(object application,
 ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
    applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    DisplayVersion(((DTE2)applicationObject));
}
public void DisplayVersion(DTE2 dte)
{
    // The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.
    VSProject2 aProject =
((VSProject2)(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object));
    Reference3 aRef = null;
    string refStr = null;
    refStr = "";
    foreach (VSLangProj80.Reference3 temp in aProject.References)
    {
        aRef = temp;
        refStr += (aRef.Name + " has a version number: " +aRef.Version 
+ "\n" + "\n");
    }
    MessageBox.Show(refStr);
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Reference3 Interface

VSLangProj80 Namespace