Is it possible to determine the operation system programmatically?

[Reimar]

Is it possible to determine programmatically the operation system of the computer on which a LabVIEW executable is running?

[ShaunR]

[Val Brown]

Anyone know the string returned to OSName when the OS is Windows 8? I don't have a test system with W8 on it so can't verify it myself yet.

[ShaunR]

  On 11/14/2012 at 11:04 PM, Val Brown said:

Anyone know the string returned to OSName when the OS is Windows 8? I don't have a test system with W8 on it so can't verify it myself yet.

[asbo]

  On 11/15/2012 at 6:51 AM, ShaunR said:

Well, aren't you fancy?

I think there's supposed to be an attachment on your previous post, any chance you still have the relevant snippet?

[ShaunR]

  On 11/15/2012 at 2:25 PM, asbo said:

Well, aren't you fancy?

I think there's supposed to be an attachment on your previous post, any chance you still have the relevant snippet?

Not that fancy (it's LabVIEW doing the work )

I had a clear out not so long ago, so no. I don't. But I imagine it was something like this:

[Val Brown]

  On 11/15/2012 at 6:51 AM, ShaunR said:

Perfect. Thanks.

[asbo]

  On 11/15/2012 at 2:32 PM, ShaunR said:

Not that fancy (it's LabVIEW doing the work )

I meant because you were already using Windows 8.

[ShaunR]

  On 11/15/2012 at 5:34 PM, asbo said:

I meant because you were already using Windows 8.

Not really using it (in fact I hate the Metro interface so won't be upgrading anytime soon). However I needed to test out IE10 so put it in a VM

[Val Brown]

  On 11/15/2012 at 6:51 AM, ShaunR said:

Don't forget though that the actual complete OSDetailedName is likely to be the far longer than just "Windows 7".....