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 different string)?

I have tried the following:

catch(Exception e)
{
    string str = e.Source;         
    //"EPA" - what I want               
    str = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().FullName;
    //"EPA, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
    str = typeof(Program).FullName;
    //"EPA.Program"
    str = typeof(Program).Assembly.FullName;
    //"EPA, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
    str = typeof(Program).Assembly.ToString();
    //"EPA, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
    str = typeof(Program).AssemblyQualifiedName;
    //"EPA.Program, EPA, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
}

icecrime · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-24 11:58:59Z

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System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name

or

typeof(Program).Assembly.GetName().Name;

edited Nov 24, 2010 at 11:58

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4 Comments

Buzzy Over a year ago

VS show errors on resolve usings. You can use Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().GetName().Name;

Thaina Yu Over a year ago

Actually it should be typeof(any).GetTypeInfo().Assembly

sgmoore Over a year ago

@Thaina. I know this is an old comment, but could you explain why you should use GetTypeInfo().

Thaina Yu Over a year ago

@sgmoore At that time of my comment dotnet core 2.0 was still new and the Assembly property was existed in TypeInfo object in dotnet core 1.0, which is why GetTypeInfo() was still require, which I think mine is now an outdated practice

Shimmy Weitzhandler · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-20 19:20:36Z

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I use the Assembly to set the form's title as such:

private String BuildFormTitle()
{
    String AppName = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().GetName().Name;
    String FormTitle = String.Format("{0} {1} ({2})", 
                                     AppName, 
                                     Application.ProductName, 
                                     Application.ProductVersion);
    return FormTitle;
}

edited Apr 20, 2015 at 19:20

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answered May 3, 2012 at 13:32

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PandaWood Over a year ago

Just be glad you're not calling that from within an Office Addin - where GetEntryAssembly() will return null

Val Over a year ago

In my case I need executing exe name rather than library dll name. This works very well

kiran · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-15 08:19:51Z

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

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

or

AssemblyName.GetAssemblyName(e.Source).Name

MSDN Reference - AssemblyName Class

edited May 15, 2021 at 8:19

answered Jun 15, 2015 at 11:53

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uzay95 Over a year ago

I got error because of parameter of GetAssemblyName method. I think it should have been Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location instead of Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().FullName.

user6438653 · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-19 03:13:59Z

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You could try this code which uses the System.Reflection.AssemblyTitleAttribute.Title property:

((AssemblyTitleAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(), typeof(AssemblyTitleAttribute), false)).Title;

answered Jun 19, 2016 at 3:13

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Rafi Henig · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-09 02:28:06Z

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When you do not know the assembly's location, but have its display name (e.g. ReactiveUI, Version=18.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null):

var assemblyName = "ReactiveUI, Version=18.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
new AssemblyName(assemblyName).Name // "ReactiveUI"

answered Sep 9, 2022 at 2:28

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ivan.ukr · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-04 22:41:31Z

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Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location

answered Jun 4, 2018 at 22:41

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