setting product version

[Simon]

So when I set AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute in code (as part of a compile) it appears in the files "Product version" when viewing properties in windows explorer.

However when set this attribute post compile with Cecil it does not show up in "Product version"

code is basically this 

        var customAttributes = ModuleDefinition.Assembly.CustomAttributes;

        var versionAttribute = GetVersionAttribute();

        var constructor = ModuleDefinition.Import(versionAttribute.Methods.First(x => x.IsConstructor));

        var customAttribute = new CustomAttribute(constructor);

        customAttribute.ConstructorArguments.Add(new CustomAttributeArgument(ModuleDefinition.TypeSystem.String, "Foo"));

        customAttributes.Add(customAttribute);

Obviously I am doing something wrong... any ideas?

[Jb Evain]

Hey Simon,

Those attributes are compiled as part of the .rsrc section.
They're basically special Win32 resources.

This is bug https://github.com/jbevain/cecil/issues/3

Jb

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[Simon]

looks like someone else has worked on it as well

https://github.com/gluck/cecil/commit/7a4cdab9f94f7065ec741e230d7a82c6819a92db

[Simon]

any chance of pulling resource support from one of those forks?

[Jb Evain]

I have this as well from Cecil 0.6.

The issue is providing a good API on top of resource parsing.

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[Simon]

since it is an edge use I would think any API would do. perhaps dont worry about making it "good"?