Using the Web Application version number from an assembly (ASP.NET/C#)

Question

How do I obtain the version number of the calling web application in a referenced assembly?

I\'ve tried using System.Reflection.Assembly.GetCallingAssembly().GetName

Answer 1

If you are looking for this from a web control, one hack is to find the type of the code-behind Page (ie. the class that inherits from System.Web.UI.Page). This is normally in the consumer's web assembly.

Type current, last;
current = Page.GetType();
do
{
    last = current;
    current = current.BaseType;
} while (current != null && current != typeof(System.Web.UI.Page));
return last;

I hope there is a better way.