Retrieving Assembly Attributes

To retrieve the value set in the Assembly Attributes in the AssemblyInfo.cs file, use the code below. The example shows retrieving the AssemblyName attribute.

void displayAssemblyName()

     {

 System.Reflection.Assembly thisAssembly = this.GetType().Assembly;

 object[] attributes = thisAssembly.GetCustomAttributes  (typeof(AssemblyNametAttribute), false);

           {

this.labelName.Text = ((AssemblyNametAttribute)attributes[0]).Name;

            }

       }