Rory, I was having the same problem. I personally would consider it a bug, but I did find this...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/tdlg_ch5.asp If you read down a little, it says: For a Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET project with an AssemblyVersion set to "1.0.*", the assembly version is only updated the first time the project is rebuilt within the Visual Studio .NET integrated development environment (IDE). The version number remains constant for subsequent rebuilds within the same instance of Visual Studio .NET. This does not represent a problem because the assembly version is for information only in assemblies that do not have a strong name. For strong named assemblies, you should avoid the use of wild characters in the AssemblyVersion attribute, as explained in the following section. For C# projects with an AssemblyVersion set to "1.0.*", the assembly version is updated every time the project is rebuilt. Also, if you build from the command line, it updates the version number. Good luck. From: "Mackay, Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04/24/2002 08:11 AM Please respond to dotnet discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Super stupid version question... If you are using Visual Studio.NET, under the project properties dialog there is an option (in 'Configuration Properties/Advanced') called Incremental build. Hope this helps. Scott. -----Original Message----- From: Rory Becker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 April 2002 12:39 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Super stupid version question... AssemblyInfo.vb is definitely in the project. (I assume that this will be enough to get it compiled into the exe. And the following line is the last in AssemblyInfo.vb <Assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")> As a test, I created a new VB.Net Windows Application Project. I compiled this and checked the product file and Assembly Versions in Explorer. The value was 1.0.844.20393. Then I compiled it again ..... Same value Then I changed the code to add a button to the form and a messagebox("somethingOrOther"). Then I compiled it again ..... Same value Something is definitely wrong. No? Rory >Only two ways I know of. >One is, the file with your assembly properties isn't being compiled into >your project (AssemblyInfo.cs or AssemblyInfo.vb, if you use the wizards). >The other is, if you don't have "a.b.*" in your AssemblyVersion property. >Brad You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
