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Reflection...finally

Besides the LoadFrom method call for our Smart Client, I finally get another chance to use reflection!  I wanted to create a data driven About form for our app.  The current one is all hard-coded.  Rather than read this from a table or xml file. everything I needed was in the assembly file.  So, easy enough I do this:

 

Dim objCopyright As AssemblyCopyrightAttribute = AssemblyCopyrightAttribute.GetCustomAttribute(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly, GetType(AssemblyCopyrightAttribute))

Dim objProduct As AssemblyProductAttribute = AssemblyProductAttribute.GetCustomAttribute(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly, GetType(AssemblyProductAttribute))

Dim objCompany As AssemblyCompanyAttribute = AssemblyCompanyAttribute.GetCustomAttribute(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly, GetType(AssemblyCompanyAttribute))

Dim objTrademark As AssemblyTrademarkAttribute = AssemblyTrademarkAttribute.GetCustomAttribute(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly, GetType(AssemblyTrademarkAttribute))

lblProductName.Text = "Product Name: " & objProduct.Product.ToString

lblCompany.Text = "Company: " & objCompany.Company.ToString

lblTrademark.Text = "Trademark: " & objTrademark.Trademark

lblProductVersion.Text = "Version: " & Application.ProductVersion.ToString

lblProductPath.Text = "Executing in: " & Application.ExecutablePath

lblCopyRight.Text = "Copyright: " & objCopyright.Copyright.ToString

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