@OSVersion Trouble

[Vadersapien]

Hello everyone,

I have an Issue with @OSVersion...it works fine like this:

If @OSVERSION = 'WIN_VISTA' Then
    GUICtrlSetImage($Sync_Button, 'imageres.dll', 147, 1)
    GUICtrlSetImage($Settings_Button, 'imageres.dll', 114, 1)
Else
    GUICtrlSetImage($Sync_Button, 'shell32.dll', 19, 1)
    GUICtrlSetImage($Settings_Button, 'shell32.dll', 330, 1)
EndIf

But not like this:

If @OSVERSION >= 'WIN_VISTA' Then
    GUICtrlSetImage($Sync_Button, 'imageres.dll', 147, 1)
    GUICtrlSetImage($Settings_Button, 'imageres.dll', 114, 1)
Else
    GUICtrlSetImage($Sync_Button, 'shell32.dll', 19, 1)
    GUICtrlSetImage($Settings_Button, 'shell32.dll', 330, 1)
EndIf

Edited November 15, 2009 by Vadersapien

[Authenticity]

It should be >= and for less than or equal <=.

Edited November 15, 2009 by Authenticity

[Vadersapien]

It should be >= and for less than or equal <=.

Whoops...typo...I actually already had it like that...

[GEOSoft]

> is a math operator and @OSVersion returns a string.

[Vadersapien]

How would I detect if the OS version is equal to or greater that Windows Vista then?

[BrettF]

If (@OS_VERSION = "VISTA") OR (@OS_VERSION = "WINDOWS_7") Then ... do stuff.

Persudo of course.

[Richard Robertson]

I wonder how difficult it would be to get the version number. Like how XP is 5. 7 is well, 7.

They've all got "core" version numbers.

[Vadersapien]

I wonder how difficult it would be to get the version number. Like how XP is 5. 7 is well, 7.

They've all got "core" version numbers.

Actually Windows 7 is 6.1.7600.

And I wonder if there is a way to get the kernel version?

If (@OS_VERSION = "VISTA") OR (@OS_VERSION = "WINDOWS_7") Then ... do stuff.

Does the current stable detect Windows 7 as 7...I've heard it identifies it as Vista...

Do the beta builds correctly detect 7?

Also what OSes contain imageres.dll?

Edited November 16, 2009 by Vadersapien

[GEOSoft]

Actually Windows 7 is 6.1.7600.

And I wonder if there is a way to get the kernel version?

Does the current stable detect Windows 7 as 7...I've heard it identifies it as Vista...

Do the beta builds correctly detect 7?

Also what OSes contain imageres.dll?

imageres.dll first appeared in Vista. That's why what you had worked even if the If statement was removed.

Also Win 7 is correctly identified as Windows_7 in the Beta but I can't remember when that was fixed. I'm pretty sure the release version still detects it as Vista.

To get the Kernel version you could always use

Global Const $2K_VER = 5.0
Global Const $XP_VER = 5.1
Global Const $XP64_VER = 5.2
Global Const $VISTA_VER = 6.0
Global Const $W7_VER = 6.1

$iCurrVer = RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", "CurrentVersion")
If iCurrVer > $XP_VER Then
    ;; Do something
EndIf

Edit: Changed a FileGetVersion() to the RegRead()

I'm sure there is a way to get the installed version from a DLL call as well but someone else will have to come along with that.

Edited November 16, 2009 by GEOSoft

[AdmiralAlkex]

Wouldn't it be easier to use @OSBuild ?

[rajeshontheweb]

thiswill help

i am sure we have already discussed this earlier elsewhere too. Coz i have mostly relied on getting OS version numbers if it was for cases like xp and above ...

[rajeshontheweb]

look at this

[GEOSoft]

Wouldn't it be easier to use @OSBuild ?

That returns the build number which I'm not sure could always be considered a reliable test. It could probably be made a bit more reliable by checking the minimum build for a given version and building another table of Constants to go along with it.

[AdmiralAlkex]

Only problem I can see is Windows Neptune, but seriously, how many uses that?

[GEOSoft]

Only problem I can see is Windows Neptune, but seriously, how many uses that?

If they are using that old dog then the user has more problems than just getting the version number.

[Richard Robertson]

Why is Windows 7 the same version number as Vista?

[AdmiralAlkex]

Why is Windows 7 the same version number as Vista?

Because it's only a minor upgrade to Vista, just like XP was to 2000.

Windows 2000 = NT 5.0

Windows XP = NT 5.1

Windows Vista = NT 6.0

Windows 7 = NT 6.1

Or did you mean something else?

[GEOSoft]

Why is Windows 7 the same version number as Vista?

The major version number is the same but the Minor version differs. That is often the case and even wose is that occasional situation where both the Major and Minor are the same. Then you have to also check the build number. I think such is the case with XP 64bit and Server 2003, both show as 5.2

[Richard Robertson]

I figured that Windows 7 was named that way because it was version 7. If not, where did that number come from?

[GEOSoft]

I knew this discussion was coming again. Up until Win 95 came along, the numbers used in the NAME were the same as the major version number and sometimes the minor version, e.g.Windows 2 or Windows 3.1. Starting with Windows 95 they changed the naming convention to reflect the year it was (supposed to be) released. I won't get into NT naming, thats another whole ball of wax. Beginning with Windows (e)XP(erience) the names have nothing to do with either the year or the version, they are simply the NAME of the OS.

Edit: Clear as mud yet? Lets just put it down to some quirky ideas by Microsoft. By the way, it gets even worse if you start looking at the project names.

Edited November 16, 2009 by GEOSoft