Access Assembly version number from inside a plugin?

Is it possible to access a plugin's version from within AssemblyPriority? I have a plugin that is doing some analytics reporting and I'd like to track the version of the plugin being used programmatically, rather than having to update it in the code every time (worried about forgetting from time to time).

I tried the Properties namespace but the only things accessible seem to be "Resources", which does not include the plugin version.

Thanks,

Marc

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Permalink Reply by 0ddw589ypu3jv on July 11, 2017 at 8:45pm

See attached

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Permalink Reply by Marc Syp on July 20, 2017 at 9:39am

Thanks Panda!

I have given this a shot and unfortunately I haven't gotten it to work in this example. The plugin is built and loaded. I am grabbing my plugin ID from the Assembly information in Visual Studio, putting in a text panel, and converting to Guid before putting in the input. I get an error: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

Also, why, when the input is null, do I get a result of 1.2.7.0? I would expect an error when not supplying a plugin Guid.

Finally, keep in mind that I need to access this property in AssemblyPriority, on first load of the plugin itself (while the GH banner is showing). Is the ComponentServer accessible at this time?

Thanks,

Marc

Permalink Reply by Marc Syp on July 20, 2017 at 9:55am

Sample Errors: