topic Can I access values in Config.esriaddinx in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/can-i-access-values-in-config-esriaddinx/m-p/730481#M19452 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>For the addin tool I've written I've got a help-&gt;about menu item which displays the version number of the software. I notice that in Config.esriaddinx there is a version number attribute.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> Is there a way for me to get that version number attribute within my code or would I have to modify each value seperately? I'm working in VB .NET.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:55:32 GMT AllanMills 2011-07-19T22:55:32Z Can I access values in Config.esriaddinx https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/can-i-access-values-in-config-esriaddinx/m-p/730481#M19452 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>For the addin tool I've written I've got a help-&gt;about menu item which displays the version number of the software. I notice that in Config.esriaddinx there is a version number attribute.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> Is there a way for me to get that version number attribute within my code or would I have to modify each value seperately? I'm working in VB .NET.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:55:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/can-i-access-values-in-config-esriaddinx/m-p/730481#M19452 AllanMills 2011-07-19T22:55:32Z Re: Can I access values in Config.esriaddinx https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/can-i-access-values-in-config-esriaddinx/m-p/730482#M19453 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>In C# there is a static class </SPAN><SPAN style="font-style:italic;">ThisAddIn</SPAN><SPAN> in the "Config.Designer.cs" file that has a bunch of properties that reflect the config, and </SPAN><SPAN style="font-style:italic;">Version</SPAN><SPAN> is one of them.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>So </SPAN><SPAN style="font-style:italic;">ThisAddIn.Version </SPAN><SPAN>will get the version string in C#.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Must be something similar in VB.NET.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:19:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/can-i-access-values-in-config-esriaddinx/m-p/730482#M19453 JeffreyHamblin 2011-07-19T23:19:40Z Re: Can I access values in Config.esriaddinx https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/can-i-access-values-in-config-esriaddinx/m-p/730483#M19454 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hmm, I don't actually have a Config.Designer.cs file in my project. Just a Config.essriaddinx - not sure if it's a C# thing or something to do with the addin type though. Thanks though.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:39:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/can-i-access-values-in-config-esriaddinx/m-p/730483#M19454 AllanMills 2011-07-19T23:39:22Z Re: Can I access values in Config.esriaddinx https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/can-i-access-values-in-config-esriaddinx/m-p/730484#M19455 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Try: My.ThisAddIn.Version</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:04:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/can-i-access-values-in-config-esriaddinx/m-p/730484#M19455 JeffreyHamblin 2011-07-20T01:04:41Z Re: Can I access values in Config.esriaddinx https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/can-i-access-values-in-config-esriaddinx/m-p/730485#M19456 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>That works, thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:43:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/can-i-access-values-in-config-esriaddinx/m-p/730485#M19456 AllanMills 2011-07-20T02:43:17Z