VS:GetVersionEx
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Description
Returns version information about the Vectorworks application. Parameter major returns the major version number of the application. Parameters minor and maintenance return minor version information. Parameter platform returns the OS platform on which Vectorworks is running (1 = Macintosh, 2 = Windows).
Parameter buildNum returns the build number of the version.
Vectorworks 2008 has version major number 13, 2009 - 14 and so on.
For example:
Vectorworks 2010.0.1 running on a Macintosh would return:
major: 15
minor: 0
maintenance: 1
platform: 1
buildNum: 95668
PROCEDURE GetVersionEx(
VAR major :INTEGER;
VAR minor :INTEGER;
VAR maintenance :INTEGER;
VAR platform :INTEGER;
VAR buildNum :LONGINT);
def vs.GetVersionEx(): return (major, minor, maintenance, platform, buildNum)
Parameters
major INTEGER Returns major version number of application. minor INTEGER Returns minor version number of application. maintenance INTEGER Returns maintenance version number of application. platform INTEGER Returns platform of application. buildNum LONGINT Returns the build number of application.
Example
PROCEDURE Example; VAR osMajor, osMinor, osIncr :LONGINT; appMajor, appMinor, appMaint, platform :INTEGER; buildNum :LONGINT; platformStr :STRING; BEGIN GetVersionEx(appMajor, appMinor, appMaint, platform, buildNum); GetOSVersion(osMajor, osMinor, osIncr); IF (platform = 1) THEN platformStr := 'MacOS' ELSE platformStr := 'Windows'; Message('Vectorworks ', appMajor, '.', appMinor, '.', appMaint, ' build ', buildNum, ' running on ', platformStr, ' ', osMajor, '.', osMinor, '.', osIncr); END; RUN(Example);
Version
Availability: from Vectorworks 2010
See Also
[[VS:GetVersion]]