Visual Studio not setting assembly version as per my AssemblyVersionAttribute value

Question

I am setting this as the version in my AssemblyInfo.cs file.

[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.13.1231.*")]

However, upon compiling, I see in the Windows Explorer file properties that the Product Version is still 1.0.0.0.

What am I missing? I've done this before.

I am using Visual Studio 2010 Web Developer Express.

Answer 1

You need to set the AssemblyInformationalVersion which sets the ProductVersion

[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("1.0.0.0")]

Note there is also a File Version as well.

[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]

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