Project copyright

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Get/set copyright for a project

Instructions

Under project properties, package, general, copyright add the following and modify as needed.

2024-$([System.DateTime]::Now.Year)

Or add the following directly into the project file.

<PropertyGroup>
	<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
	<TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
	<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
	<Nullable>disable</Nullable>
	<LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>
	<Copyright>2024-$([System.DateTime]::Now.Year) Karen Payne</Copyright>
</PropertyGroup>

Use Special.GetCopyright() to read the copyright.

Info.cs

/// <summary>
/// Provides utility methods to retrieve assembly metadata such as company, product, copyright, and version information.
/// </summary>
public class Info
{
    private static Assembly Assembly => Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
    public static string GetCopyright()
    {
        var attr = Assembly
            .GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyCopyrightAttribute>();
        return attr?.Copyright ?? "No copyright information found.";
    }
    public static string GetCompany()
    {
        var attr = Assembly
            .GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyCompanyAttribute>();
        return attr?.Company ?? "No company information found.";
    }

    public static string GetProduct()
    {
        var attr = Assembly
            .GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyProductAttribute>();
        return attr?.Product ?? "No product information found.";
    }

    public static Version GetVersion()
    {
        return Assembly.GetName().Version;
    }
}

Special.cs

using System.Reflection;

namespace Your_Namespace;
public class Special
{
    public static string GetCopyright()
    {
        var attr = Assembly
            .GetExecutingAssembly()
            .GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyCopyrightAttribute>();
        return attr?.Copyright ?? "No copyright information found.";
    }
}