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Posted: **Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:33 pm**

I've just written a procedure to determine the version of windows someone is running. It works on my machine but I need to test it on different versions of Windows.

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Procedure.s WindowsVersion()

  Version.OSVERSIONINFO
  Version\dwOSVersionInfoSize=SizeOf(OSVERSIONINFO)
  GetVersionEx_(Version)

  Select Version\dwMajorVersion
  
    Case 4 ;Windows NT 4.0, Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows 95
    
      Select Version\dwMinorVersion
      
        Case 10
          ProcedureReturn "Windows 98"
        
        Case 90
          ProcedureReturn "Windows ME"
        
        Default
        
          If Version\dwPlatformID=#VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS 
            ProcedureReturn "Windows 95"
          EndIf
      
      EndSelect
    
    Case 5 ;Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000
      
      Select Version\dwMinorVersion
      
        Case 1
          ProcedureReturn "Windows XP"
      
        Case 2
          ProcedureReturn "Windows Server 2003"
        
        Default
          ProcedureReturn "Windows 2000"
     
      EndSelect
    
  EndSelect
  
EndProcedure

MessageRequester("Version",WindowsVersion())

Could you please test this on your computer, then post the result and your actual OS.

Thanks a lot!

(BTW: Proceedure is free for anyone to use, can't gaurentee it'll work 100% atm).

Posted: **Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:56 pm**

Correctly reported Win2k for me!

Cheers!

Posted: **Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:19 pm**

'Result = OSVersion()' is in the PureBasic box

Posted: **Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:34 pm**

> 'Result = OSVersion()' is in the PureBasic box

Yeah, I thought this was an old thread at first.

Posted: **Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:17 pm**

Here's the explination:

I'm writing my own (interpreted) BASIC variant in PureBasic. As I am not allowed to wrap any of PBs existing commands (according to the licence and a thread I made about the topic) I basically have to write each of the commands from scratch.

This is where this procedure comes in.

Posted: **Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:26 am**

Ah, now we understand.

Posted: **Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:45 pm**

PB wrote:Ah, now we understand.

So now you're going to post the result ?!

Posted: **Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:17 pm**

It would really help me if you could post your results - espically if your on 95, 98 or ME!

Posted: **Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:32 pm**

> So now you're going to post the result ?!

Okay

Win XP Pro returns Windows XP.
Win 2K Pro returns Windows 2000.
Win 98 SE returns Windows 98.
Win ME returns Windows ME.

Not tested on 95 or NT as I don't have them installed at the moment (obsolete).
If you really need to know the results, let me know and I'll install them...

Posted: **Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:19 pm**

Sweet, thank you very much PB - if they all work I'm sure NT and 95 work!

Posted: **Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:13 pm**

An updated version, but I'm not sure if Vista and Longhorn works ok. Can anyone confirm?

It seems like the OSVERSIONINFO has change and should contain a "wProductType", or is that in OSVERSIONINFOEX?!?!

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Procedure.s WindowsVersion() 

  Version.OSVERSIONINFO 
  Version\dwOSVersionInfoSize=SizeOf(OSVERSIONINFO) 
  GetVersionEx_(Version) 

  Select Version\dwMajorVersion 

    Case 4 ;Windows NT 4.0, Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows 95 
      Select Version\dwMinorVersion 
        Case 10 
          ProcedureReturn "Windows 98"  
        Case 90 
          ProcedureReturn "Windows ME" 
        Default 
          If Version\dwPlatformID = #VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS 
            ProcedureReturn "Windows 95"
          ElseIf Version\dwPlatformID = #VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT
            ProcedureReturn "Windows NT"
          Else
            ProcedureReturn "Unknown OS"
          EndIf
      EndSelect 
    
    Case 5 ;Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 
      Select Version\dwMinorVersion
        Case 0
          ProcedureReturn "Windows 2000"      
        Case 1 
          ProcedureReturn "Windows XP"       
        Case 2 
          ProcedureReturn "Windows Server 2003"         
        Default 
          ProcedureReturn "Unknown OS"       
      EndSelect 

    Case 6 ;Windows Server "Longhorn" or "Microsoft Windows Vista"
      Select Version\dwMinorVersion
        Case 0
          If Version\dwPlatformID = #VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT
            ProcedureReturn "Microsoft Windows Vista" 
          Else
            ProcedureReturn "Windows Server Longhorn"
          EndIf
        Default
          ProcedureReturn "Unknown OS"
      EndSelect
  EndSelect 
  
EndProcedure 

MessageRequester("Version",WindowsVersion())

Posted: **Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:20 pm**

Fine for XP.

Not sure if I still have my vista cd but if it hasn't shown up in a day or so I'll see if i can re-install it (it's pretty much useless, that's why I overwrote the partition).

cheers

Posted: **Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:55 am**

> I'm not sure if Vista and Longhorn works

@Fred: Maybe PureBasic's OSVersion() command can be updated to get
these versions of Windows too?

Posted: **Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:49 pm**

PB wrote:> I'm not sure if Vista and Longhorn works

@Fred: Maybe PureBasic's OSVersion() command can be updated to get
these versions of Windows too?

Yeah!

Here is a good link about how to get the new versions, but I'm to lazy to convert it...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/defau ... ersion.asp

Posted: **Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:39 pm**

I should get a chance to re-install vista later today and I'll let you know.

This time I'll keep it available in case there are other questions.

cheers

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