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  1. #1
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    Operating System

    Dear Gurus,
    How I can get the OS of the current application runnings

    Thankx

    Dinesh Asanka

  2. #2
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    Re: Operating System

    check the GetVersionEx API

    HTH

    cksiow
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  3. #3
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    Re: Operating System

    If you are using WindowsNT then the following will return the OS.
    environ("OS")
    if it returns nothing then the OS is windows95



  4. #4
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    Re: Operating System

    Private Type MYVERSION
    lMajorVersion As Long
    lMinorVersion As Long
    lExtraInfo As Long
    End Type

    Private Type OSVERSIONINFO
    dwOSVersionInfoSize As Long
    dwMajorVersion As Long
    dwMinorVersion As Long
    dwBuildNumber As Long
    dwPlatformId As Long
    szCSDVersion As String * 128 ' Maintenance string for PSS usage
    End Type
    '// Windows Version constants
    Private Const VER_PLATFORM_WIN32s = 0
    Private Const VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS = 1
    Private Const VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT = 2
    '// Windows Version Declaration
    Private Declare Function GetVersionEx Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetVersionExA" (ByRef lpVersionInformation As OSVERSIONINFO) As Long
    '// Windows Version Function
    Private Function WindowsVersion() As MYVERSION
    Dim myOS As OSVERSIONINFO, WinVer As MYVERSION
    Dim lResult As Long

    myOS.dwOSVersionInfoSize = Len(myOS) 'should be 148

    lResult = GetVersionEx(myOS)

    'Fill user type with pertinent info
    WinVer.lMajorVersion = myOS.dwMajorVersion
    WinVer.lMinorVersion = myOS.dwMinorVersion
    WinVer.lExtraInfo = myOS.dwPlatformId

    WindowsVersion = WinVer

    End Function


    Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim myVer As MYVERSION
    Dim strTmp As String
    Dim vers As Long
    myVer = WindowsVersion()

    If myVer.lMajorVersion = 4 Then
    If myVer.lExtraInfo = VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT Then
    strTmp = "Windows NT version : "
    ElseIf myVer.lExtraInfo = VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS Then
    vers = myVer.lMinorVersion
    If vers <= 10 Then
    strTmp = "Windows 98 version : "
    Else
    strTmp = "Windows 95 version : "
    End If
    End If
    Else
    strTmp = "Windows version : "
    End If

    Text1.Text = strTmp & myVer.lMajorVersion & "." & myVer.lMinorVersion
    End Sub



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