C++ (managed) assembly attributes

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Bob Altman - 18 May 2007 21:13 GMT

Hi all,

I've inhertied a managed C++ (Visual Studio 2005) application. The project
apparently contains no assembly attributes (the kind of stuff that would be
in an AssemblyInfo.cs file). How do I add this stuff to a managed C++
project?

TIA - Bob

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Bob Altman - 18 May 2007 21:50 GMT

I created a new C++ project and copied the AssemblyInfo.cpp file from it.
It compiles, but the resulting exe file doesn't have a version resource.
What is the magic that causes .Net to create a version resource out of the
AssemblyInfo stuff for managed C++?

- Bob

> Hi all,
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> TIA - Bob

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Bern McCarty - 19 May 2007 04:02 GMT

Though there is such magic in the C# compiler, there is not in the C++ compiler.
At least there wasn't in the VC7.1 compiler and as far as I know that has
not changed.

> I created a new C++ project and copied the AssemblyInfo.cpp file from
> it. It compiles, but the resulting exe file doesn't have a version
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>> TIA - Bob

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Jeffrey Tan[MSFT] - 21 May 2007 06:36 GMT

Hi Bob,

There's no magic in AssemblyInfo, whatever, just a bunch of [assembly:Xxxx]
attributes.

I believe you use the traditional Xxxx.RC file method of creating version
resources with C++.

Thanks.

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
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