C# Get Startup Project's Assembly Name

Question

Some background: I have a project which collects all the diagnostics (trace source) information from the other projects within my solution. I needed a way to get the main project name so that I could give the dump file a proper unique name.

The issue: I could not find a clear-cut answer on how to obtain the startup project's assembly name until I ran into this blog entry: http://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2009/Jun/09/Getting-the-Apps-Startup-Assembly-in-WPF-Designer

Gloss

Answer 1

To get the name of the startup project, use:

string ProjectName = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().GetName().Name;

Gloss

Answer 2

If your start-up project is a Function App, using the accepted answer would give you the wrong value.

You can use this snipet but beware it only works if you call it from the FunctionApp assembly:

string ProjectName = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name

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