Operating System details in VB 1

[netizen]

Hi! All,
I'm working with VB6 and i'd like to know through VB which Operating System I'm using? Is there a command to do it or any API??? Please let me know.

thanks much,

Netizen

 

[CCLINT]

We just had a thread on this, but I cannot find it - maybe it got removed.

Try using the Microsoft SysInfo control (under PROJECT|COMPONENTS). The NT systems (NT,2000,XP) just return a different version number.
Using the SysInfo component has other advantages as you will see (methods and events).

Or just drop this into a module:

Private Const WIN32_PLATFORM = 1
Private Const WIN_NT_PLATFORM = 2

Private Type OSVERSIONINFO
dwOSVersionInfoSize As Long
dwMajorVersion As Long
dwMinorVersion As Long
dwBuildNumber As Long
dwPlatformId As Long
szCSDVersion As String * 128
End Type

Public Function GetWindowsVers_pFs() As String
'public function - returns a string: Operating system version
Dim OS As OSVERSIONINFO
Dim sCSDVersion As String

OS.dwOSVersionInfoSize = Len(OS)
GetVersionEx OS

Select Case OS.dwPlatformId
Case WIN32_PLATFORM
If OS.dwMinorVersion > 9 Then
GetWindowsVers_pFs = "Windows 98"
Else
GetWindowsVers_pFs = "Windows 95"
End If

Case WIN_NT_PLATFORM
If OS.dwMajorVersion = 4 Then
GetWindowsVers_pFs = "Windows NT"
ElseIf OS.dwMajorVersion = 5 Then
If OS.dwMinorVersion = 0 Then
GetWindowsVers_pFs = "Windows 2000"
ElseIf OS.dwMinorVersion = 1 Then
GetWindowsVers_pFs = "Windows XP"
End If
End If
End Select
If InStr(OS.szCSDVersion, Chr(0)) <> 0 Then sCSDVersion = &quot;: &quot; & Left(OS.szCSDVersion, InStr(OS.szCSDVersion, Chr(0)) - 1)

GetWindowsVers_pFs = GetWindowsVers_pFs & &quot; &quot; & OS.dwMajorVersion & &quot;.&quot; & OS.dwMinorVersion & &quot; (Build &quot; & OS.dwBuildNumber & sCSDVersion & &quot&quot;

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