Getting assembly name

Question

C#\'s exception class has a source property which is set to the name of the assembly by default.
Is there another way to get this exact string (without parsing a differe

Answer 1

You can use the AssemblyName class to get the assembly name, provided you have the full name for the assembly:

AssemblyName.GetAssemblyName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().FullName).Name

or

AssemblyName.GetAssemblyName(e.Source).Name

MSDN Reference - AssemblyName Class