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Article #125Re: detecting windows version from TP7?
From: Ralf A. Quint
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 02:00
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 02:00
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:19:39 -0600, "sp33m" <poo@toilet.com> wrote: >is it possible to detect which version of windows is running when launching >an turbo pascal 7 application? > >i wrote a turbo 7 application years ago that still sees a lot of use. >however, it croaks when it tries to initialize the sound -- apparently >windows NT/XP hates the SMIX sound library. i'd like to make the >application still useable under NT/XP (it works fine under 31/9x/ME), i >figured a quick hack would be to disable the sound under these noncompatible >OS'. Check for the "real" DOS version of 5.50, which will indicate that a NT based Windows (NT 3.51, NT 4.0, W2K or XP) is running.... Ralf
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