/// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Compares the version of the calling assembly with the specified app in codebox.
/// If the default version on codebox is newer than the calling assembly's version,
/// then a filled-in CodeboxVersion is returned. Otherwise [null] is returned.
///
/// Note: Likely reasons for thrown exceptions:
/// - codebox is down
/// - bad application name
/// </summary>
/// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public static CodeboxVersion GetNewerVersion(string applicationName)
{
CodeboxVersion newerVersion = null;
Codebox.ReleaseService codebox = new ReleaseService();
codebox.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
DataTable releases = codebox.GetReleasesByProjectName(applicationName).Tables[0];
var releaseData =
from release in releases.AsEnumerable()
where release.Field <bool>("DefaultRelease") == true
select new
{
Version = release.Field <string>("Version"),
ReleaseDate = release.Field <DateTime>("ReleaseDate"),
Description = release.Field <string>("Description")
};
// If there is no default release found, we abort the check.
if (!releaseData.Any())
{
return(null);
}
string[] networkVersion = releaseData.First().Version.Split('.');
Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetCallingAssembly();
FileVersionInfo fvi = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(assembly.Location);
string thisAssemblyVersion = fvi.ProductVersion;
string[] myVersion = thisAssemblyVersion.Split('.');
for (int i = 0; i < 4 && i < networkVersion.Length && i < myVersion.Length; i++)
{
int networkNumber = int.Parse(networkVersion[i]);
int myNumber = int.Parse(myVersion[i]);
if (networkNumber < myNumber)
{
break;
}
if (networkNumber > myNumber)
{
newerVersion = new CodeboxVersion()
{
CodeBoxVersion = releaseData.First().Version,
ThisAssemblyVersion = thisAssemblyVersion,
Description = releaseData.First().Description,
ReleaseDate = releaseData.First().ReleaseDate
};
break;
}
}
return(newerVersion);
}
