Reference3.MajorVersion Property

Definition

Namespace:

VSLangProj80

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

Gets the major version number of the reference.

public:
 property int MajorVersion { int get(); };

public:
 property int MajorVersion { int get(); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(11)]
public int MajorVersion { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(11)] get; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(11)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(11)>]
member this.MajorVersion : int

Public ReadOnly Property MajorVersion As Integer

Property Value

Int32

An integer whose value depends on the reference type.Reference TypeValue ReturnedAssemblyMajor release number of the reference; 0–9999.COMA Int value.

Implements

MajorVersion

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

Examples

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

The default paths for the reference added are: <installation root>\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies for adodb.dll, and <installation root>\Program Files\Common Files\SpeechEngines\Microsoft for spcommon.dll. Replace <file path> in the example with these or other appropriate file paths.

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)  
    GetMajorVersion(applicationObject)  
End Sub  
Sub GetMajorVersion(ByVal dte As DTE2)  
    Dim aProject As Project  
    Dim aVSProject As VSProject2  
    aProject = applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1)  
    aVSProject = _  
    CType(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object, _  
    VSProject2)  
    ' Add an Assembly reference and display its major version.  
    ' Replace <file path> with an actual file path.  
    Dim newRef As Reference3  
    newRef = _  
    CType(aVSProject.References.Add("<file path>\adodb.dll"), _  
    Reference3)  
    MsgBox("Added an Assembly reference, named: " & newRef.Name)  
    MsgBox("The Major version of " & newRef.Name & " is " _  
    & newRef.MajorVersion.ToString())  
    ' Add a COM reference and display its major version.  
    ' Replace <file path> with an actual file path.  
    newRef = CType(aVSProject.References.Add _  
    ("<file path>\spcommon.dll"),_  
    Reference3)  
    MsgBox("Added a COM reference, named: " & newRef.Name)  
    MsgBox("The major version of " & newRef.Name & " is " _  
    & newRef.MajorVersion.ToString())  
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;  
    GetMajorVersion(((DTE2)applicationObject));  
}  
public void GetMajorVersion(DTE2 dte)  
{  
    // The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.  
    VSProject2 vsProject =  
((VSProject2)(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object));  
    Reference3 aRef = null;  
    // Add an Assembly reference and display its major version.  
    // Replace <file path> with an actual file path.  
    aRef = (Reference3)vsProject.References.Add  
((@"<file path>\adodb.dll"));  
    MessageBox.Show("Added an Assembly reference, named: "   
+ aRef.Name);  
    MessageBox.Show("The major version of " + aRef.Name + " is "   
+ aRef.MajorVersion.ToString());  
    // Add a COM reference and display its major version.  
    // Replace <file path> with an actual file path.  
    aRef = (Reference3)vsProject.References.Add  
((@"<file path>\spcommon.dll"));  
    MessageBox.Show("Added a COM reference, named: "+ aRef.Name);  
    MessageBox.Show("The major version of " + aRef.Name + " is "   
+ aRef.MajorVersion.ToString());  
}  

Remarks

The version of a reference is uniquely identified by four components: major, minor, build, and revision. The major and minor components are required. The revision component is optional when build is not defined. COM objects do not have revision and build components. For more information, see Assembly Versioning.