OS check and subsequent action documentation

[DietCoke]

I'm looking to build an app that will check for the following:

1. OS and whether it is 32 or 64-bit

2. Based on that finding, execute a particular application.

I've looked through here pretty thoroughly but haven't been able to locate the correct resource.

I have considered running a standalone OS checker to address item 1, but the conditions in #2 need to rely on active text and that doesn't appear to be doable without winwaitactive. As there are four choices that will be available, I'm worried that winwaitactive will stall if the first line isn't found.

Any suggestions or doc links are appreciated!

Thank you.

[bogQ]

Select
    Case @OSArch = 'X86'
;~       RunWait()
;~       ShellExecute()
;~       Run()
    Case @OSArch = 'IA64'
;~       ...
    Case @OSArch = 'X64'
;~       ...
EndSelect

or use Switch if you prefer it over Select

Edited October 18, 2011 by bogQ

[DietCoke]

That is helpful - but can I combine these at all? I tried the below as an example but it didn't work:

Case @OSArch = 'X64' & @OSVersion = 'WIN_7'
MsgBox(4096,"OS version and architecture","Windows 7 64-bit")

Essentially I need to be able to define 4 different ShellExecutes for 4 different OS/architecture types.

[BrewManNH]

Try substituting And for & in your Case statement

[UEZ]

What about this?

#include <Array.au3>
;array must be sorted at index 0 (architecture)!
Global $array[16][3] = [["X86", "WIN_2008R2", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X86", "WIN_7", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X86", "WIN_2008", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X86", "WIN_VISTA", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X86", "WIN_2003", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X86", "WIN_XP", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X86", "WIN_XPe", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X86", "WIN_2000", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X64", "WIN_2008R2", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X64", "WIN_7", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X64", "WIN_2008", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X64", "WIN_VISTA", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X64", "WIN_2003", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X64", "WIN_XP", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X64", "WIN_XPe", "Notepad.exe"], _
                                        ["X64", "WIN_2000", "Notepad.exe"]]
$index = _ArraySearch($array, @OSVersion, _ArraySearch($array, @OSArch), 0, 0, 0, 1, 1)
$pid = Run($array[$index][2])
ProcessWait($pid)
ControlSend("[CLASS:Notepad]", "", "Edit1", "Current OS: " & $array[$index][1] & " / Architecture: " & $array[$index][0])

Br,

UEZ