The article in Microsoft Knowledge Base How to Increment Version Information After Each Build In Visual C (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237870/) provides a method of automatically increasing version numbers in VC6. In VS.NET, you need a little change to this macro: http://www.thecodeproject.com/macro/inccribednrmacro.asp? DF = 100 & forumID = 49502 & select = 1008554 # xx1008554xx. You can also use the VS.NET plug-in to implement this feature, one example can find an Automatic Build Number Incrementer for Visual Studio .NethTtp: //codegurb/net_vs_addins/article.php/ C5961 / But the macro is more flexible and more stable and more convenient to modify and expand.