Re: Quick question... OS Version [message #82077] |
Thu, 15 November 2012 09:41 |
Helder Marchetto
Messages: 520 Registered: November 2011
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On Thursday, November 15, 2012 5:58:22 PM UTC+1, Heinz Stege wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:09:14 -0800 (PST), Helder wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> how can I identify the underlying software version?
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> Look for the release number within the version information of
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> IDL> print,widget_info(/version)
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> { Windows Win32 5.1}
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> This is what I get on WinXP.
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> Heinz
Hi,
For Win 7 I get version 6.1... funny counting. After some research I found the following matches (not tested!):
Win 95: 4.0
Win 98: 4.1
Win XP: 5.1
Win Vista: 6.0
Win 7: 6.1
Win 8: 6.2
This can is given directly as string with:
print, (widget_info(/version)).Release
Thanks for the tip!
Helder
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Re: Quick question... OS Version [message #82078 is a reply to message #82077] |
Thu, 15 November 2012 08:59  |
Heinz Stege
Messages: 189 Registered: January 2003
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:09:14 -0800 (PST), Helder wrote:
> Hi,
> how can I identify the underlying software version?
Look for the release number within the version information of
widget_info:
IDL> print,widget_info(/version)
{ Windows Win32 5.1}
This is what I get on WinXP.
Heinz
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