Reference3.Version Property

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2012-09-25

Gets the version of the specified reference.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Version As String

'Usage
Dim instance As Reference3 
Dim value As String 

value = instance.Version

string Version { get; }

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

function get Version () : String

Property Value

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

Implements

Reference2.Version

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, Visual C#, or Visual J# 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, C#, or J# 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, C#, or J# 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.

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