"SvdSinner" wrote:

> I am working on upgrade a C# winform application from the 1.1 framework to
> the 2.0 framework and experiencing a bizarre error.
>
> When my converted aplication queries Application.ProductVersion, it throws a
> System.NullReferenceException.  This never happened in 1.1 and I don't think
> it is supposed to work this way in 2.0.
>
> The only solution my Google-Foo has found it make certain the main method is
> named Main() not main().  This was not the problem. 
>
> How can I get the expected behavior out of Application.ProductVersion?
>
> FWIW, my AssemblyInfo.CS contains:
> [assembly : AssemblyVersion("2.2.0.0")]
> which works just as expected in 1.1

"Ciaran O''Donnell" wrote:

> This is very strange as the System.Windows.Forms.Application.ProductVersion
> doesnt throw exceptions and is well coded to prevent them. Post you code
> incase it is something about how you are calling or using it.
>
> Ciaran O'Donnell
>
> "SvdSinner" wrote:
>
> > I am working on upgrade a C# winform application from the 1.1 framework to
> > the 2.0 framework and experiencing a bizarre error.
> >
> > When my converted aplication queries Application.ProductVersion, it throws a
> > System.NullReferenceException.  This never happened in 1.1 and I don't think
> > it is supposed to work this way in 2.0.
> >
> > The only solution my Google-Foo has found it make certain the main method is
> > named Main() not main().  This was not the problem. 
> >
> > How can I get the expected behavior out of Application.ProductVersion?
> >
> > FWIW, my AssemblyInfo.CS contains:
> > [assembly : AssemblyVersion("2.2.0.0")]
> > which works just as expected in 1.1

"SvdSinner" wrote:

> There isn't anything interesting about the code.  It is a simple string
> myVariable = "Blahblah " + Application.ProductVersion;
>
> I tried to comment it out, and then a few lines later got a bizarre
> exception about drag/drop on a line that set the Visible property of the form
> to true.
>
> Could it be possible that my 2.0 framework is corrupt somehow?  Is there a
> way the framework can be effectively removed and reinstalled?
>
> "Ciaran O''Donnell" wrote:
>
> > This is very strange as the System.Windows.Forms.Application.ProductVersion
> > doesnt throw exceptions and is well coded to prevent them. Post you code
> > incase it is something about how you are calling or using it.
> >
> > Ciaran O'Donnell
> >
> > "SvdSinner" wrote:
> >
> > > I am working on upgrade a C# winform application from the 1.1 framework to
> > > the 2.0 framework and experiencing a bizarre error.
> > >
> > > When my converted aplication queries Application.ProductVersion, it throws a
> > > System.NullReferenceException.  This never happened in 1.1 and I don't think
> > > it is supposed to work this way in 2.0.
> > >
> > > The only solution my Google-Foo has found it make certain the main method is
> > > named Main() not main().  This was not the problem. 
> > >
> > > How can I get the expected behavior out of Application.ProductVersion?
> > >
> > > FWIW, my AssemblyInfo.CS contains:
> > > [assembly : AssemblyVersion("2.2.0.0")]
> > > which works just as expected in 1.1