2024-01-31 C#: Build Execution File Name with Version Number

We need to build the target execution file with the build version file name

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Close the project
Edit the project.csproj by text editor and append this code piece on the end of XML file </project> tage

  <Target Name="PostBuildMacros">
    <GetAssemblyIdentity AssemblyFiles="$(TargetPath)">
      <Output TaskParameter="Assemblies" ItemName="Targets" />
    </GetAssemblyIdentity>
    <ItemGroup>
      <VersionNumber Include="@(Targets->'%(Version)')" />
    </ItemGroup>
  </Target>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <PostBuildEventDependsOn>
    $(PostBuildEventDependsOn);
    PostBuildMacros;
  </PostBuildEventDependsOn>
    <PostBuildEvent>echo The Assembly Version is: @(VersionNumber)
copy /Y "$(TargetDir)$(TargetFileName)" "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName)_@(VersionNumber).exe"
</PostBuildEvent>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <PreBuildEvent>del /q "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName)_*.exe"</PreBuildEvent>
  </PropertyGroup>

This snippet has an example <PostBuildEvent> already in it. No worries, you can reset it to your real post-build event after you have re-loaded the project.
Now, the assembly version is available to your post-build event with this macro:
```
@(VersionNumber)
```
Reopen the project with Visual Studio, then you can get it

Reference

Link - del (MS Learn)
Link - copy (MS Learn)
Link - [cmd] XCOPY備份功能
Link - Determine assembly version during a post-build event (stack overflow)
Link - Renaming project output in visual studio using post build event generates error (stack overflow)
Link - Visual Studio 專案建置完成後取得組件版本號並輸出在文字檔中

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