ASP.NET MVC: How to obtain assembly information from HtmlHelper instance?

Question

I have an HtmlHelper extension method in an assembly separate from my MVC application assembly. Within the extension method I would like to get the version number of the MVC app

Answer 1

Just in case anyone comes across this, here is what worked for me (MVC5 VS2013). Enter straight into the view:

@ViewContext.HttpContext.ApplicationInstance.GetType().BaseType.Assembly.GetName().Version.ToString();