Get executing assembly name from referenced DLL in C#

Question

What is the best way to get the application name (i.e MyApplication.exe) of the executing assembly from a referenced class library in C#?

I need to open the applicat

Answer 1

If you want to read (and display) version number:

  Assembly ass = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
  AssemblyName assname = ass.GetName();

  Version ver=assname.Version;

Somewhere in application (ie Title block in a Windows form)

 this.Text = "Your title    Version " + ver;