Introduction
Learn how to read project properties stored in a C# project file.
By storing property values in the project file rather than in code or appsettings.json.
💡 No tampering once pushed to production.
Step 1
Add the following PropertyGroup to a .csproj file and replace values with your values.
<PropertyGroup>
<Product>Code sample</Product>
<Description>A sample project demonstrating assembly metadata retrieval.</Description>
<Company>Payne services</Company>
<Copyright>2019-$([System.DateTime]::Now.Year)</Copyright>
</PropertyGroup>
Step 2
Add the following project reference to the project Source code , which contains code to read values from the project file in step 1.
Step 3
Display values in an ASP.NET Core project.
Index.cshtml.cs
public class IndexModel(ILogger<IndexModel> logger) : PageModel
{
[BindProperty]
public required Details Details { get; set; }
private readonly ILogger<IndexModel> _logger = logger;
public void OnGet()
{
Details = GetAllInfo();
}
Details GetAllInfo() =>
new()
{
Company = Info.GetCompany(),
Copyright = Info.GetCopyright(),
Product = Info.GetProduct(),
Description = Info.GetDescription(),
Version = Info.GetVersion().ToString()
};
}
Index.cshtml (using Bootstrap 5x)
@page
@model IndexModel
@{
ViewData["Title"] = "Home page";
}
<style>
.table tr > td:first-child {
font-weight: bold;
text-align: right;
}
H1 {
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
</style>
<div class="container">
<main>
<h1 class="fs-3">Code sample</h1>
<table class="table table-striped table-borderless">
<tr>
<td>Product</td>
<td>@Model.Details.Product</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Version</td>
<td>@Model.Details.Version</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Copyright</td>
<td>@Model.Details.Copyright</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Company</td>
<td>@Model.Details.Company</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Description</td>
<td>@Model.Details.Description</td>
</tr>
</table>
</main>
</div>
Display values in a Console Core project.
- Uses the same class project as used in the ASP.NET Core project
- The following method gets the values to display using NuGet package Spectre.Console.
internal static void ShowDetails()
{
var table = new Table()
.RoundedBorder()
.BorderColor(Color.Pink1)
.Title("[yellow bold]Information[/]");
table.AddColumn("[yellow bold]Attribute[/]");
table.AddColumn("[yellow bold]Value[/]");
var details = GetAllInfo();
table.AddRow("[cyan]Product[/]", details.Product);
table.AddRow("[cyan]Version[/]", details.Version);
table.AddRow("[cyan]Copyright[/]", details.Copyright);
table.AddRow("[cyan]Company[/]", details.Company);
table.AddRow("[cyan]Description[/]", details.Description);
AnsiConsole.Write(table);
Details GetAllInfo()
{
return new Details()
{
Company = Info.GetCompany(),
Copyright = Info.GetCopyright(),
Product = Info.GetProduct(),
Description = Info.GetDescription(),
Version = Info.GetVersion().ToString()
};
}
}
Display code.
internal partial class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
ShowDetails();
SpectreConsoleHelpers.ExitPrompt(Justify.Left);
}
}