Re: Get System Info vs PLATFORM PROPERTIES

2019-07-18 Thread Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech
probably just the major version info Windows : XP, 7, 8, or 10 Mac : 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 ... so far, for me, I only need to differentiate between platforms, not OSes so when I need if (Folder separator = ":") `this is a mac do mac stuff else do windows stuff end if Chip On Thu, 18 Jul 2019

Re: Get System Info vs PLATFORM PROPERTIES

2019-07-18 Thread Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech
Hello, I think the verbose version string is for human consumption, for example, to help the end user or support contact identify the running platform. I can't think of any situation where the internal build number would be needed in 4D code. For osVersion, I think it would help if there was a

Re: Get System Info vs PLATFORM PROPERTIES

2019-07-18 Thread Alberto Bachler via 4D_Tech
You can use the 4D function *Is macOs* or *Is Windows* instead of the longint returned by PLATFORM PROPERTIES Alberto > El 14-07-2019, a las 19:19, JOHN BAUGHMAN via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > escribió: > > So PLATFORM PROPERTIES has been deprecated in favor of Get System Info. Get >

RE: Get System Info vs PLATFORM PROPERTIES

2019-07-14 Thread David Ringsmuth via 4D_Tech
John, C_OBJECT(System_Info_ob) System_Info_ob:=Get system info vPlatformOS:=System_Info_ob.osVersion David Ringsmuth ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com

Get System Info vs PLATFORM PROPERTIES

2019-07-14 Thread JOHN BAUGHMAN via 4D_Tech
So PLATFORM PROPERTIES has been deprecated in favor of Get System Info. Get System Info is far ore informative, but am I the only one finding the text values of some of the properties near impossible to work with in a consistent manner across multiple platforms? Specifically osVersion and proce