Displaying the build date

Question

I currently have an app displaying the build number in its title window. That\'s well and good except it means nothing to most of the users, who want to know if they have t

Answer 1

Add below to pre-build event command line:

echo %date% %time% > "$(ProjectDir)\Resources\BuildDate.txt"

Add this file as resource, now you have 'BuildDate' string in your resources.

After inserting the file into the Resource (as public text file), I accessed it via

string strCompTime = Properties.Resources.BuildDate;

To create resources, see How to create and use resources in .NET.