In a project created by Visual Studio, a file called "AssemblyInfo.cs", which describes the assembly generated by the project, will be also automatically created. And it's very common that there is more than one project in a solution. Therefore, there will be many "AssemblyInfo.cs" existing in a solution. However, the contents of these "AssemblyInfo.cs" are more or less the same. It's a type of duplication for sure. We'd better extract all the duplicated code into a global file shared by all the projects.
The image describes the scenario: in a solution, there is a global file called "GlobalAssemblyInfo.cs" which describes assemblies generated by all the projects, and every project holds a reference to the global file.
Steps:
- Create a file called "GlobalAssemblyInfo.cs";
- Add the file to the solution as a solution item;
- Open the global file, Write appropriate codes in it. Sample:
1using System;
2using System.Reflection;
3using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
4
5[assembly : ComVisible(false)]
6[assembly : CLSCompliant(true)]
7[assembly : AssemblyProduct(".")]
8[assembly : AssemblyCompany("Company name")]
9[assembly : AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
10#if DEBUG
11[assembly : AssemblyConfiguration("Debug")]
12#else
13[assembly : AssemblyConfiguration("Release")]
14#endif
15[assembly : AssemblyCopyright("")]
16[assembly : AssemblyTrademark("")]
17[assembly : AssemblyCulture("")] - Open a project file(.csproj, etc.) in a text editor, append the following section to the <Files>/<Include> element.
1<File
2 RelPath = "GlobalAssemblyInfo.cs"
3 Link = "..\Common\GlobalAssemblyInfo.cs"
4 SubType = "Code"
5 BuildAction = "Compile"
6/>