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maxmangion

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• May 6, 2005

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is it possible to get the name of the operating system from with microsoft access ? I have tried Environ("os") but it simply returns windows_nt, when i have windows xp professional installed.

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• May 6, 2005

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Check out the following link:
http://www.thevbzone.com

Under VB Standard Modules, look for modOS_Info.bas. This should help you for what you need.

 

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maxmangion said:

is it possible to get the name of the operating system from with microsoft access ? I have tried Environ("os") but it simply returns windows_nt, when i have windows xp professional installed.

Thanks

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If I recall correctly, Windows XP was built off of Windows NT.

You will get the same result using the code at this link...
www.mvps.org/access/api/api0055.htm

 

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• May 10, 2005

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that's correct WindowsXP is built off the NT framework. there are many ways to check for the OS, one is using just by checking a file name using the FileSystem object. The other is by accessing the registry.