Versioning and version numbers are always a bit confusing. For the CLR and the .NET Framework, we’ve got lots of version numbers to think about. I’d like to debunk any confusion around them, explain what each version number means, how to view it and how to set it (if appropriate). Let’s take a look …

The version numbers that I’m going to discuss are:

·         Native file version

·         Managed assembly version

·         Metadata version

·         Metadata format version

·         .NET Framework versions

I’m going to discuss these version numbers (and anything else that comes up) across the next few posts.