How to add the publication date to the project that I am posting in vs2010?

Question

I know that I can add a version number in the help menu

application.pruductversion

but I don’t know how to add the date when the application was published.

Answer 1

If you want to display the build date of your build, this should do this in most cases:

public static DateTime GetBuildDate() { UriBuilder uri = new UriBuilder(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase); return File.GetLastWriteTime( Path.GetDirectoryName(Uri.UnescapeDataString(uri.Path)) ); } 

There is also another way to determine the real compilation / build date of the “hard way” here on SO:

• Build Date Display

Answer 2

Use the AssemblyInfo file for more information: AssemblyInfo on MSDN

If you want to add the version number in the add / remove programs menu, you need to change the msi file using something like SuperOrca or programmatically use something like Phavant MSI (google it)