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/assembly.version (Modify Version Field in Metadata)
Modifies the Major Version, Minor Version, Revision Number, and Build Number fields in the assembly metadata.
/assembly.version:[major[.minor[.revision[.build]]]
-or-
/a.version:[major[.minor[.revision[.build]]]
Arguments
version:[major[.minor[.revision[.build]]]
The major, minor, revision, and build version number that you want to appear in this assembly. The default version for these fields is zero. You can specify version numbers between 0 and 65534.
Remarks
If you compile with /target:module, version information will be held in the module and incorporated into the assembly that will be created when you compile an application with /reference.
/a.version is the short form of /assembly.version.
Example
Compile source file input.vb and customize the Version field of the assembly: