Application.ProductName equivalent in WPF?

Question

I have a class library that is nested two+ layers under a main GUI application, within that nested class library I want to be able to access the main applications name.

Under .Net 3.5 you could call Application.ProductName to retrieve the value from the Assembly.cs file, but I cannot identify an equivalent in WPF. If I use reflection and GetExecutingAssembly then it returns the class libraries details?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can use Assembly.GetEntryAssembly() to get the EXE assembly, and can then use Reflection to get the AssemblyProductAttribute from that.

This assumes that the product name has been set on the EXE assembly. The WinForms Application.ProductName property actually looked in the assembly containing the main form, so it works even if the GUI is built in a DLL. To replicate this in WPF you would use Application.Current.MainWindow.GetType().Assembly (and again use Reflection to get the attribute).

Answer 2

Here is another solution that I am using to get the Product Name

Public Shared Function ProductName() As String
    If Windows.Application.ResourceAssembly Is Nothing Then 
        Return Nothing
    End If

    Return Windows.Application.ResourceAssembly.GetName().Name
End Sub

Answer 3

in wpf there are many way to do this , here you can find two of this.

using System;`
using System.Windows;
String applicationName = String.Empty;

//one way
applicationName = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName.Split('.')[0];

 //other way
applicationName = Application.ResourceAssembly.GetName().Name;

Answer 4

Based on the answers above, this works just great immediately:

var productName = Assembly.GetEntryAssembly()
    .GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AssemblyProductAttribute))
    .OfType<AssemblyProductAttribute>()
    .FirstOrDefault().Product;

Answer 5

If you need to get the descriptive product name as I did, then this solution may be useful:

 // Get the Product Name from the Assembly information
 string productName = String.Empty;
 var list = Application.Current.MainWindow.GetType().Assembly.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AssemblyProductAttribute), true);
 if (list != null)
 {
   if (list.Length > 0)
   {
     productName = (list[0] as AssemblyProductAttribute).Product;
   }
 }

It returns whatever you've set for the 'AssemblyProduct' attribute in the AssemblyInfo.cs file, e.g. something like "Widget Engine Professional".

Answer 6

If you are looking for the values provided by the assembly information, e.g. the title...

... then you have to get the custom attributes like this:

using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Windows;

namespace WpfApp1
{
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            Title = (Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AssemblyTitleAttribute)).SingleOrDefault() as AssemblyTitleAttribute)?.Title;
        }
    }
}

Answer 7

The answer you require is:

Path.GetFileName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().GetName().Name)