GetVersion.md

GetVersion

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).

For example:

VectorWorks 8.0.1 running on a Macintosh would return:

major: 8 minor: 0 maintenance: 1 platform: 1

PROCEDURE GetVersion(
				VAR major       : INTEGER;
				VAR minor       : INTEGER;
				VAR maintenance : INTEGER;
				VAR platform    : INTEGER);

def vs.GetVersion():
    return (major, minor, maintenance, platform)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
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.

Examples

VectorScript

PROCEDURE Example;
VAR 
osMajor, osMinor, osIncr :LONGINT; 
appMajor, appMinor, appMaint, platform :INTEGER;
platformStr :STRING;
BEGIN
GetVersion(appMajor, appMinor, appMaint, platform);
GetOSVersion(osMajor, osMinor, osIncr);
IF (platform = 1) 
THEN platformStr := 'MacOS'
ELSE platformStr := 'Windows';
Message('VectorWorks ', appMajor, '.', appMinor, '.', appMaint, ' running on ', platformStr, ' ', osMajor, '.', osMinor, '.', osIncr);
END;
RUN(Example);

Python

def Example():
	appMajor, appMinor, appMaint, platform = vs.GetVersion()
	osMajor, osMinor, osIncr = vs.GetOSVersion()
	if (platform == 1):
		platformStr = 'MacOS'
	else:
		platformStr = 'Windows'
	vs.Message('VectorWorks ', appMajor, '.', appMinor, '.', appMaint, ' running on ', platformStr, ' ', osMajor, '.', osMinor, '.', osIncr)

Example()

Version

Availability: from MiniCAD7.0

Category

• Utility