GetVersionEx.md

GetVersionEx

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

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.
buildNum	LONGINT	Returns the build number of application.

Examples

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);

See Also

GetVersion

Version

Availability: from Vectorworks 2010

Category

• Utility