| Purpose |
| The OSVERSIONINFO data structure contains operating system version information. The information includes major and minor version numbers, a build number, a platform identifier, and descriptive text about the operating system. |
| From library |
| Kernel32.DLL |
| Type specification Include in your program. Copy/Paste if needed. |
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Type OSVERSIONINFO dwOSVersionInfoSize As Integer 'The size of the structure. In this case (5 * 4 + 128)=148 dwMajorVersion As Integer 'The major version number; i.e., the part of the version number before the first period dwMinorVersion As Integer 'The minor version number; i.e., the part of the version number after the first period dwBuildNumber As Integer 'The build number of the version dwPlatformId As Integer 'Exactly one of the following flags identifying which platform of Windows is running (see below) szCSDVersion As String * 128 'More information about the operating system End Type |
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'dwPlatformId ' = 0 Windows 3.x is running, using the Win32s pseudo-32-bit enhancements. ' = 1 Windows 95 or 98 is running. ' = 2 Windows NT is running |