Answered Versioning...

[jcardana]

In the Project Properties... Application section... Assembly Information, there are Assembly and File versions.
Then, in the Project Properties... Publish section, there's a Publish version.

Can ignore the Assembly versions and just update the Publish version? What are the differences?

Thank you for your time and efforts,
Joe

 

[JohnH]

Assembly version is used for .Net binding if you add reference to an assembly (dll).

File version is reported in Windows File Explorer if you right click the file and show properties. Maybe MSI installers use it for updates, but from what I can see ClickOnce uses a file hash, so even if file version is not changed it is still updated.

Publish version is used for installation/updates, it can be seen in Add/Remove programs that shows the name and version that is installed.

 

[jcardana]

I bow down with respect to your level of knowledge. Thank you