1  using System;
   2  using System.ComponentModel;
   3  using System.Drawing;
   4  using System.Text;
   5  using System.Windows.Forms;
   6  using System.Reflection;        // to get attributes from AssemblyInfo
   7  
   8  namespace standardApplications
   9  {
  10  
  11      public partial class AboutForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form
  12      {
  13  
  14          public AboutForm()
  15          {
  16              InitializeComponent();
  17          }
  18          
  19  
  20          private void AboutForm_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
  21          {
  22              try
  23              {
  24                  this.Icon = new Icon(this.GetType(), "application.ico");
  25  
  26                  this.CenterToParent();
  27  
  28                  this.Text = "About " + Application.ProductName +
  29                              " " + Program.VersionShort;
  30             
  31                  this.pictureBox1.Image = this.Icon.ToBitmap();
  32  
  33                  this.BackColor = Program.Form1Backcolor;
  34  
  35                  this.label1.Text = Description() +
  36                      "\n\r\n\r" + "Version " + Application.ProductVersion +
  37                      "\n\r\n\r" + Company() +
  38                      "\n\r\n\r" + Copyright();
  39  
  40              }
  41              catch (Exception ex)
  42              {
  43                  ex.ToString(); // do nothing
  44              }
  45  
  46          }
  47  
  48  
  49  
  50          private void buttonClose_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
  51          {
  52              try
  53              {
  54                  this.Close();
  55              }
  56              catch (Exception ex)
  57              { 
  58                  throw new Exception(ex.Message);
  59              }
  60          }
  61  
  62  
  63  
  64          // uses reflection to obtain the Description attribute from AssemblyInfo.cs
  65          private string Description()
  66          {
  67              string stringMe = "AboutForm.Description: ";
  68              try
  69              {
  70                  AssemblyDescriptionAttribute myAttr = (AssemblyDescriptionAttribute)
  71                      AssemblyDescriptionAttribute.GetCustomAttribute
  72                      (
  73                           System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(),
  74                                typeof(AssemblyDescriptionAttribute)
  75                      );
  76                  return myAttr.Description;
  77              }
  78              catch (Exception ex)
  79              {
  80                  throw new Exception(stringMe + ex.Message);
  81              }
  82          }
  83  
  84  
  85          // uses reflection to obtain the Company attribute from AssemblyInfo.cs
  86          private string Company()
  87          {
  88              string stringMe = "AboutForm.Company: ";
  89              try
  90              {
  91                  AssemblyCompanyAttribute myAttr = (AssemblyCompanyAttribute)
  92                      AssemblyCompanyAttribute.GetCustomAttribute
  93                      (
  94                          System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(),
  95                              typeof(AssemblyCompanyAttribute)
  96                      );
  97                  return myAttr.Company;
  98              }
  99              catch (Exception ex)
 100              {
 101                  throw new Exception(stringMe + ex.Message);
 102              }
 103          }
 104  
 105  
 106          // uses reflection to obtain the Copyright attribute from AssemblyInfo.cs
 107          private string Copyright()
 108          {
 109              string stringMe = "AboutForm.Copyright: ";
 110              try
 111              {
 112                  AssemblyCopyrightAttribute myAttr = (AssemblyCopyrightAttribute) 
 113                      AssemblyCopyrightAttribute.GetCustomAttribute
 114                      (
 115                          System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(),
 116                              typeof(AssemblyCopyrightAttribute)
 117                      );
 118                  return myAttr.Copyright;
 119              }
 120              catch (Exception ex)
 121              {
 122                  throw new Exception(stringMe + ex.Message);
 123              }
 124          }
 125  
 126  
 127  
 128      } // end class
 129  } // end namespace