Extension Builder and CS6 - read version at runtime

I want to check the version of my CS extension at main .mxml init time.
How does one find this version info from the manifest.xml?
Thanks,
pjb

AFAIK there is no API exposed by CSXS to get the bundle version. You can read the XML of the manifest and pull out the version though:
private function getExtensionVersion(manifestFile:File):String
     var fileStream:FileStream = new FileStream();
     fileStream.open(manifestFile, FileMode.READ);
     var manifestXml:XML = XML(fileStream.readUTFBytes(fileStream.bytesAvailable));
     fileStream.close();
     return manifestXml.@ExtensionBundleVersion;
var version:String = getExtensionVersion(basePath.resolvePath('CSXS/manifest.xml'));
Note that basePath is a property on CSExtension.
Hope that helps,
--Louis

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