Auto increment version # of setup project

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Is there a way to automatically increment the Version number of my Setup project? I often forget to manually bump the number, and running the installer alerts the user that they have to first uninstall the existing app to install the new version, which is annoying.

Any suggestions or links to other resources would be great. Thanks.

What I have tried:

Dont know what to do. Please give suggestions as i am new to this

Posted 3-Sep-19 4:02am

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Updated 3-Sep-19 6:15am

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Gerry Schmitz · Answer 1 · 2019-09-03T04:56:00

You mod the AssemblyInfo.cs file for EACH project in your solution; that is, each project that should be "in sync".

// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
//
//      Major Version
//      Minor Version 
//      Build Number
//      Revision
//
// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
// by using the '*' as shown below:
// [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
[assembly: AssemblyVersion( "1.0.0.0" )]
[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion( "1.0.0.0" )]
[assembly: ComVisible( false )]

Setting Assembly Attributes | Microsoft Docs[^]

RickZeeland · Answer 2 · 2019-09-03T06:16:00

Solution 2

See this utility: Versioning Controlled Build[^]
Or try this: How to set a solution wide version number?[^]
Or try this Visual Studio Add-in: Build Version Increment Add-in - Visual Studio Marketplace[^]

Posted 3-Sep-19 6:16am

RickZeeland

Updated 3-Sep-19 7:05am

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