Display installed Modules in About Box

Question

hi,

  I have windows application which have multiple modules. Each modules i have separate windows application with output as library and call this forms in main application.

Now in my main application i have About Box which shows the Main application assembly information. I also need to show what are the modules installed with version like our visual studio about box . I mean like the text area shown in the below image

I need exactly the installed products in the image . How can i find the installed modules.

My thinking:

  From the application start up folder i can find the UI module applications' dll . Using reflection i load this dll and take the assembly info of each dll included in the folder.

Any other better method for this?

Answer 1

How your application is composed ? Do you use Prism, MEF or something else ?

Answer 2

i am not an expert. But i organized as below

I have 3 Folders named Data, Business, UI in the Solution

Data Folder includes the module wise data access projects which are c# class library projects.

Business Folder includes module wise business rules projects which are c# class library projects

UI Folder contains includes module wise UI applications which are C# windows Form Applications. But i set project output type as library (for create as dll)

2 other main projects in the solution is Main Window Application which is C# windows Form Application and other one Utilities which is C# class library.

The main application includes login, MDI form (main form) and about box. All other forms are called from menu in the MDI form by using reflection.

I think you the structure. This is because of the following reasons.

We creates setup and instlled in the client machine. From the second version only the dll only i need to move . No need to include unwanted modules.

Answer 3

If the following image is close to what you are looking for I can post a small sample project on SkyDrive

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Answer 4

some what. I have windows Form application which includes multiple modules. I only installed few modules based on the client requirements. So i need to display what are the modules inslatted and the versions. Thats only.

 Now i finished using reflection