by Karthikeyan (187 Submissions)
Category: Windows API Call/Explanation
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Wed 17th January 2001
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
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Get details about your OS using GetVersionEx API
API Declarations
dwOSVersionInfoSize As Long
dwMajorVersion As Long
dwMinorVersion As Long
dwBuildNumber As Long
dwPlatformId As Long
szCSDVersion As String * 128
End Type
Private Declare Function GetVersionEx Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "GetVersionExA" (lpVersionInformation As OSVERSIONINFO) As Long
VBcoders
Dim os As OSVERSIONINFO ' receives version information
Dim retval As Long ' return value
os.dwOSVersionInfoSize = Len(os) ' set the size of the structure
retval = GetVersionEx(os) ' read Windows's version information
MsgBox "Windows version number:" & os.dwMajorVersion & Chr(Asc(".")) & os.dwMinorVersion
MsgBox "OS Version Info Size = " & os.dwOSVersionInfoSize
MsgBox "BuildNumber = " & os.dwBuildNumber
MsgBox "Platform ID = " & os.dwPlatformId 'Note If ID =0 win 3.x , ID=1 win9x and ID =2 WINNT
MsgBox "CSD Version = " & os.szCSDVersion
End
End Sub
