## The `version' property

Read-only, Integer vector

Valid for: System object

Reading the `version` property of the System object returns information about the operating system and APLX GUI sub-system. It returns a five-element integer vector containing:

            [1] Version number for the System Class sub-system
            [2] GUI environment code 0 = MacOS 1 = Windows, 2 = X-Windows, 4 = Console
            [3] OS Family code. For MacOS:     0 = Classic,  1 = OSX
                                For Windows:   0 = 95/98/ME, 1 = NT/2000/XP/Vista
                                For X-Windows: 0 = Linux
            [4] OS Major version
            [5] OS Minor version

On Windows systems, the values returned for the last three elements are:

            Windows 95:      0  4  0
            Windows 98:      0  4  10
            Windows ME:      0  4  20
            Windows NT4:     1  4  0
            Windows 2000:    1  5  0
            Windows XP:      1  5  1
            Windows Vista:   1  6  0

Topic: APLX Help : System Classes : Properties : version

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