Reference3.BuildNumber Property

Definition

Namespace:

VSLangProj80

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.11.40262

Gets the build number of the reference.

public:
 property int BuildNumber { int get(); };

public:
 property int BuildNumber { int get(); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(14)]
public int BuildNumber { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(14)] get; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(14)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(14)>]
member this.BuildNumber : int

Public ReadOnly Property BuildNumber As Integer

Property Value

Int32

A Long value. The value returned depends on the reference type.Reference TypeValue ReturnedAssemblyBuild number of the reference; 0-9999.COM0

Implements

BuildNumber

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

Examples

This example adds an assembly and a COM reference to an open Visual Basic or Visual C# project and displays the build number for each reference in a message box. To run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

The default paths for the added references are: <installation root>\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies for adodb.dll, and <installation root>\Program Files\Common Files\SpeechEngines\Microsoft for spcommon.dll. Replace <file path> in the example with these or other appropriate file paths.

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)  
    AddRefPlusBuild(applicationObject)  
End Sub  
Sub AddRefPlusBuild(ByVal dte As DTE2)  
    Dim aProject As Project  
    Dim aVSProject As VSProject2  
    aProject = applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1)  
    aVSProject = _  
CType(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object, VSProject2)  
    ' Add an assembly reference and display its build number.  
    Dim newRef As Reference3  
    ' Replace <file path> with an actual file path.  
    newRef = aVSProject.References.Add("<file path>\adodb.dll")  
    MsgBox("The " & newRef.Name() & " has a build number:" & vbCr _  
    & newRef.BuildNumber.ToString())  
    ' Add a COM reference and display its build number. Should be 0.  
    ' Replace <file path> with an actual file path.  
    newRef = aVSProject.References.Add("<file path>\spcommon.dll")  
    MsgBox("The " & newRef.Name() & " has a build number:" & _  
    vbCr & newRef.BuildNumber.ToString())  
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;  
    AddRefPlusBuild(((DTE2)applicationObject));  
}  
public void AddRefPlusBuild(DTE2 dte)  
{  
    Project aProject = null;  
    VSProject2 aVSProject = null;  
    aProject = applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1);  
    aVSProject =   
((VSProject2)(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object));  
    // Add an Asembly reference and display its build number.  
    Reference3 newRef = null;  
    // Replace <file path> with an actual file path.  
    newRef = ((Reference3)(aVSProject.References.Add(@"  
<file path>\adodb.dll")));  
    MessageBox.Show("The " + newRef.Name.ToString() +   
" has a build number:" + "\n" + newRef.BuildNumber.ToString());    
    // Add a COM reference and display its build number.  
    // Replace <file path> with an actual file path.  
    newRef = ((Reference3)(aVSProject.References.Add(@"  
<file path>\spcommon.dll")));  
    MessageBox.Show("The " + newRef.Name.ToString() + " has a build   
number:" + "\n" + newRef.BuildNumber.ToString());   
}  

Remarks

The BuildNumber property gets the build component of a version number. The version of a reference is uniquely identified by four components: major, minor, build, and revision. The major and minor components are required. The revision component is optional when build is not defined. COM objects do not have revision and build components. For more information, see Assembly Versioning.