.NET: Retrieving Assembly Attributes

To retrieve the value set in the Assembly Attributes in the AssemblyInfo.cs or AssemblyInfo.vb file, use the code below. The example shows retrieving the AssemblyDescription attribute.

[C#]
private static readonly string strAssemblyDescription =
	((AssemblyDescriptionAttribute) 
	Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetCustomAttributes(
	typeof(AssemblyDescriptionAttribute), false)[0]).Description;

[Visual Basic]
Private ReadOnly strAssemblyDescription As String = _
    CType([Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly().GetCustomAttributes( _
    GetType(AssemblyDescriptionAttribute), False), _
    AssemblyDescriptionAttribute())(0).Description