Assembly version loader

A build task that reads the assembly file attributes from a compiled assembly file and makes them available as build variables. This extension was created from the need to have a full assembly version places into nuspec files. This extension will extract the required version data from your compiled DLL file(s).

Arguments

Source assembly file

The .dll file to load and make available as variables.

Variables Prefix

The value entered here will be prefixed to each variable name generated. This can be useful when using this task multiple times during a build and pointing each task to different assembly files.

Example:

$([YourPrefix]AssemblyInfo.AssemblyVersion.Major)

Generated Variables

For each assembly attribute in the .dll, a build variable will be created in the format of:

Example:

$(AssemblyInfo.AssemblyVersion.Major)

Variable	Description
AssemblyInfo.AssemblyVersion	The full assembly version.
AssemblyInfo.AssemblyVersion.Major	Major digit from the assembly version.
AssemblyInfo.AssemblyVersion.Minor	Minor digit from the assembly version.
AssemblyInfo.AssemblyVersion.Build	Build digit from the assembly version.
AssemblyInfo.AssemblyVersion.Revision	Revision digit from the assembly version.
AssemblyInfo.FileVersion	The full file version.
AssemblyInfo.FileVersion.Major	Major digit from the file version.
AssemblyInfo.FileVersion.Minor	Minor digit from the file version.
AssemblyInfo.FileVersion.Build	Build digit from the file version.
AssemblyInfo.FileVersion.Revision	Revision digit from the file version.
AssemlbyInfo.ProductVersion	Informational version from the assembly

Credits

This extension was created out of inspiration of (and derived from):

Big thanks to AppiePau for creating this Extension and letting me carry on his good work. https://github.com/AppiePau

AssemblyVersionLoader

Ash Stansfield