Reference3.Version Property

Definition

Namespace:

VSLangProj80

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

Gets the version of the specified reference.

public:
 property System::String ^ Version { System::String ^ get(); };

public:
 property Platform::String ^ Version { Platform::String ^ get(); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(22)]
public string Version { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(22)] get; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(22)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(22)>]
member this.Version : string

Public ReadOnly Property Version As String

Property Value

String

A string representing the version number.

Implements

Version

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

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);  
}  

Remarks

The version number is in the format:

Major version + Minor version + Build version + Revision.

For example, 10.3.5400.3.