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 | | From: | SirLance | | Subject: | GetEnvironment giving wrong return value for OSType | | Date: | 22 Dec 2004 08:09:38 -0800 |
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 | I'm working with a customer using our program which checks the OSType.
If it returns WindowsNT! we bail out, anything else we run some
additional code. One particular customer running XP Pro service pack 2
is not gettng the WindowsNT! value hence the additional code is running
and blowing up the app. Does anyone know where this function goes to
determine the OS. The customer's machine was an upgrade from Millenium;
however our app has been working on this machine for quite some time.
Customer has no idea why it stopped working (If I had a dollar
everythime I heard that. Regardless, anyone with any info on what the
problem might be or any more detailed knowledge of what this function
does once it is called would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Lance
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| | From: | Real Gagnon | | Subject: | Re: GetEnvironment giving wrong return value for OSType | | Date: | Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:42:47 GMT |
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| > I'm working with a customer using our program which checks the OSType.
> If it returns WindowsNT! we bail out, anything else we run some
> additional code. One particular customer running XP Pro service pack 2
> is not gettng the WindowsNT! value hence the additional code is running
> and blowing up the app. Does anyone know where this function goes to
> determine the OS. The customer's machine was an upgrade from Millenium;
> however our app has been working on this machine for quite some time.
> Customer has no idea why it stopped working (If I had a dollar
> everythime I heard that. Regardless, anyone with any info on what the
> problem might be or any more detailed knowledge of what this function
> does once it is called would be greatly appreciated.
The solution is to call directly the Win API to query the OS version.
See http://www.rgagnon.com/pbdetails/pb-0180.html
Bye.
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Real Gagnon from Quebec, Canada
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