' Example for the OperatingSystem.Platform and
' OperatingSystem.Version properties.
Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Module PlatformVersionDemo
' Create an OperatingSystem object, and display the Platform
' and Version properties.
Sub BuildOSObj( pID As PlatformID, ver As Version )
Dim opSys As New OperatingSystem( pID, ver )
Dim platform As PlatformID = opSys.Platform
Dim version As Version = opSys.Version
Console.WriteLine( " Platform: {0,-15} Version: {1}", _
platform, version )
End Sub
Sub BuildOperatingSystemObjects( )
' The Version object does not need to correspond to an
' actual OS version.
Dim verNull As New Version( )
Dim verString As New Version( "3.5.8.13" )
Dim verMajMin As New Version( 6, 10 )
Dim verMMBld As New Version( 5, 25, 5025 )
Dim verMMBVer As New Version( 5, 6, 7, 8 )
' All PlatformID members are shown here.
BuildOSObj( PlatformID.Win32NT, verNull )
BuildOSObj( PlatformID.Win32S, verString )
BuildOSObj( PlatformID.Win32Windows, verMajMin )
BuildOSObj( PlatformID.WinCE, verMMBld )
BuildOSObj( PlatformID.Win32NT, verMMBVer )
End Sub
Sub Main( )
Console.WriteLine( _
"This example of OperatingSystem.Platform " & _
"and OperatingSystem.Version " & vbCrLf & _
"generates the following output." & vbCrLf )
Console.WriteLine( _
"Create several OperatingSystem objects " & _
"and display their properties:" & vbCrLf )
BuildOperatingSystemObjects( )
Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & _
"The operating system of the host computer is: " & _
vbCrLf )
BuildOSObj( _
Environment.OSVersion.Platform, _
Environment.OSVersion.Version )
End Sub
End Module
' This example of OperatingSystem.Platform and OperatingSystem.Version
' generates the following output.
'
' Create several OperatingSystem objects and display their properties:
'
' Platform: Win32NT Version: 0.0
' Platform: Win32S Version: 3.5.8.13
' Platform: Win32Windows Version: 6.10
' Platform: WinCE Version: 5.25.5025
' Platform: Win32NT Version: 5.6.7.8
'
' The operating system of the host computer is:
'
' Platform: Win32NT Version: 5.1.2600.0