R – displaying play,pause buttons over picture box dynamically,in .net compact framework

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.Major System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.Minor System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.Build System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.Revision

Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.version.aspx

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Application.ProductVersion Property

Gets the product version associated with this application.

Not Available In Compact Framework But System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version Is.

Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.application.productversion.aspx

Try this article

www.mobilepractices.com/2007/12/multi-line-graphicsmeasurestring.html

Make sure you also look at the link at the bottom of the article to be able to use different fonts.

If you are using .Net CF 3.5 you may be able to turn their example into an extension method. Otherwise I'd suggest that you create a new control inheriting from the framework control.