My.Application.Info.Version Property 

Gets the version number of the application.

' Usage
Dim value As System.Version = My.Application.Info.Version
' Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property Version As System.Version

Return Value

A Version object containing the version number of the application.

Exceptions

The following condition can cause an exception:

• The application does not have sufficient permissions to access the assembly version (SecurityException).

Remarks

The My.Application.Info.Version property gets a Version object containing the version number of the application. You can use the Major, Minor, Build, and Revision properties of the Version object to access specific version information about the application.

ClickOnce-deployed applications should use the CurrentVersion property of the My.Application.Deployment Property.

Example

This example uses the My.Application.Info.Version property to display the version of the application.

MsgBox("Application version: " & My.Application.Info.Version.ToString)

Requirements

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices

Class: AssemblyInfo

Assembly: Visual Basic Runtime Library (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

Availability by Project Type

Permissions

The following permission may be necessary:

For more information, see Code Access Security and Requesting Permissions.

See Also

Reference

My.Application.Info Object
My.Application.Deployment Property
CurrentVersion
System.Version
Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.AssemblyInfo.Version