[Mono-list] Get Mono version at run-time

[Alan McGovern]

Because if you're using this for anything *other* than just displaying
it as text, you're doing something wrong. You shouldn't be changing
application behaviour based on the version of the framework it's
running on.

Alan.

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Alexander M. Batishchev
<abatishchev at godfather.net.ru> wrote:
> Hi,
> Why don't make this property public for common use if there is no other
> method to get Mono version? And direct call is better than via reflection, I
> guess.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mono-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com
> [mailto:mono-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of Charlie Poole
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 10:50 PM
> To: 'Chuck Esterbrook'; mono-list at lists.ximian.com
> Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Get Mono version at run-time
>
> For NUnit, I invoke Mono.Runtime.GetDisplayName. It's not
> public, so I invoke it by reflection. It gives a string
> like "Mono 1.2.6", which you can parse to get the version
> number or just use for display as I do.
>
> Charlie
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mono-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com
>> [mailto:mono-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of
>> Chuck Esterbrook
>> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 11:27 AM
>> To: mono-list at lists.ximian.com
>> Subject: [Mono-list] Get Mono version at run-time
>>
>>
>> What's the best way to get the version number of Mono at
>> run-time? For example, 1.2.6 vs. 2.0.1?
>>
>> I know you can detect Mono by seeing if the type Mono.Runtime
>> exists, but when reflecting on its members, I didn't see any
>> version information.
>>
>> I poked around the docs and did some searching, but "version"
>> comes up in a lot of contexts.
>>
>> Just to be clear, I want something like:
>>
>>     Console.WriteLine("Mono Version: {0}", Mono.Runtime.Version);
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chuck
>>
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