public class AssemblyInformation
{
readonly Assembly _assembly;

public AssemblyInformation()
: this(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly())
{ }

public AssemblyInformation(Assembly assembly)
{
_assembly = assembly;
}

public string Version
{
get { return _assembly.FullName.Split(‘,’)[1].Split(‘=’)[1]; }
}

string GetValue(Func getValue) where T : Attribute
{
var a = (T)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(_assembly, typeof(T));
return a == null ? “” : getValue(a);
}
}

The nice thing here is that you can bind to these properties, eliminating the need to manually set the Text property in code-behind.

This can be done with all of the Assembly attributes, so getting the Name and Copyright info is equally trivial:

public string Title
{
get { return GetValue(a => a.Title); }
}

public string Copyright
{
get { return GetValue(a => a.Copyright); }
}