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- Path: sparky!uunet!world!bobsoron
- From: bobsoron@world.std.com (Bob Soron)
- Subject: Re: XCMD for finding System Version?
- Message-ID: <Bs2nIw.LMv@world.std.com>
- Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
- Summary: Built into HC 2.1
- Sender: bobsoron@world.std.com
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <1992Jul27.180335.17740@utkux1.utk.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 23:49:43 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- In article <1992Jul27.180335.17740@utkux1.utk.edu> danny@utkux1.utk.edu
- (Danny W. McCampbell) writes:
- >Is there an external command or function that someone has
- >written to find out the System Version a user is running
- >on his/her mac?
- >
- >Danny McCampbell
- >danny@utkux1.utk.edu
-
- As this snippet from the new features text for HC 2.1 shows, it's
- built into HyperTalk. If you're using a version of HC earlier than
- 2.1, it's worth upgrading if you can, but otherwise, one of the
- Rinaldi XFCNs common all over the net can do this.
-
- > Determining which version of System Software is running
- >
- > A new function has been added to HyperTalk, "the systemVersion". It
- > returns the version of system software is running in a decimal string.
- > For example, it will return 6.07 instead of 6.0.7, to allow scripters to
- > use it with HyperTalk's arithmetic operators.
-
- Bob Soron
- bobsoron@world.std.com
- "With Velcro, gravity is obsolete" -- Mister Boffo
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