How to get Windows update number

[WojTec]

How to get Windows 8+ version number? I don't mean TOSVersionInfoEx.dwMajorVersion/TOSVersionInfoEx.dwMinorVersion but something like 1511 or 1607 on Windows 10 This looks to be update version, I don't know how to name it exactly

And also I see in system info build number like this: (TOSVersionInfoEx.dwBuildNumber).953. Where to find the number after dot

[a.def]

I'm not sure but I think you have to get the version string from registry and parse it yourself.

[Der schöne Günther]

Zitat:

In Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, the GetVersion and GetVersionEx functions have been deprecated. In Windows 10, the VerifyVersionInfo function has also been deprecated. While you can still call the deprecated functions, if your application does not specifically target Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, you will get Windows 8 version (6.2.0.0).

=> https://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/lib...(v=vs.85).aspx

You will have to include the manifest stuff from that page into your application. Then GetVersionEx(..) will return the true build number.

[HolgerX]

A simple option:

http://www.delphipraxis.net/1311524-post27.html

[WojTec]

Yeah, with manifest old functions are working. But how to get OS version without manifest (I think check some file version from system is not real solution)?

BTW: if functions are deprecated, so why Delphi still uses it?

"Update number" I got from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion: ReleaseId, but I think this is not real solution too.

Some ideas

[a.def]

Zitat:

"Update number" I got from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion: ReleaseId, but I think this is not real solution too.

I do it the same way.

Normally the version number is written in registry. If not, the user changed it for sure and this is not the problem of a program creator.

[Der schöne Günther]

Zitat von WojTec:

Yeah, with manifest old functions are working. But how to get OS version without manifest

I'm puzzled. "Yeah, I can open that door with that key over there, but how can I open the door without the key?"

[WojTec]

Zitat von Der schöne Günther:

I'm puzzled.

Why? This for sure will stop working some day, also MS told it's deprecated, so I'm looking for new solution

[a.def]

Zitat:

Why? This for sure will stop working some day, also MS told it's deprecated, so I'm looking for new solution

Registry as long as it is working?

[Der schöne Günther]

I understand - It's about GetVersionEx being deprecated. Sorry

According to MS, the preferred solution is to use VerifyVersionInfo which (for now) behaves exactly the same except it returns a boolean whether the operating system matches your expectations rather than returning numbers.
Note that the "manifest stuff" still applies to VerifyVersionInfo. It's just not "deprecated", that's all.

This is also what the helper macros use, and they have been around for quite some time now.