Re: A small note on Windows 8 GetVersion() depreciation

2014-01-09 Thread Walter H.
On 09.01.2014 19:48, Watson, Patrick wrote: I'd recommend using VerifyVersionInfo: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms725492(v=vs.85).aspx. It's supported from Win2k onward and isn't deprecated as of Win 8.1. I don't remember for sure if it's present in Windows CE and un

RE: A small note on Windows 8 GetVersion() depreciation

2014-01-09 Thread Watson, Patrick
o: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re: A small note on Windows 8 GetVersion() depreciation On 1/9/2014 6:46 AM, Dongsheng Song wrote: > [1] GetVersionEx may be altered or unavailable for releases after > Windows 8.1. Instead, use the Version Helper APIs. > > [1] http://msdn.micr

Re: A small note on Windows 8 GetVersion() depreciation

2014-01-09 Thread Jakob Bohm
On 1/9/2014 6:46 AM, Dongsheng Song wrote: [1] GetVersionEx may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use the Version Helper APIs. > [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724451%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Scandalous! According to that page, Microso

Re: A small note on Windows 8 GetVersion() depreciation

2014-01-08 Thread Dongsheng Song
[1] GetVersionEx may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use the Version Helper APIs. I thinks use 'Version Information Functions'[2] is the better choice. [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724451%28v=vs.85%29.aspx [2] http://msdn.micro

A small note on Windows 8 GetVersion() depreciation

2014-01-08 Thread Jakob Bohm
While I have not specifically checked the Windows 8 SDK, my extensive experience with the version detection APIs in Windows tells me the following: 1. GetVersion() is the only version-detection API available on older platform versions. Later platform versions added variants of GetVersionEx()