Version plug-in

Author: TeeWeTee (talk, contrib)

Links

Version 0.3 (20. feb 2013)
NSIS_version_plugin_03.zip (69 KB) [Adapted version by TeeWeTee]
Version 0.2 (25 sep 2004) [Version by denis_gorbunov]
NSIS_version_plugin_02.zip (35 KB)

Release builds with VS2010 Premium (only older 0.2 release)

ANSI: http://db.tt/cbyN0KJh Unicode: http://db.tt/OfllzHW7

Description

With this plugin you are able to determine which version of windows you are running. Technically it is using the GetVersionEx() method from the "kernel32.dll".

Features:

• check for a specific windows version:
  • IsWindows95
  • IsWindows98
  • IsWindowsME
  • IsWindowsNT351
  • IsWindowsNT40
  • IsWindows2000
  • IsWindowsXP
  • IsWindowsServer2003
  • IsWindowsXPx64
  • IsWindowsVista
  • IsWindowsServer2008
  • IsWindows7
  • IsWindowsServer2008R2
  • IsWindows8
  • IsWindowsServer2012
• Call 'GetWindowsVersion' to get all relevant windows versioning infos:
  • major version
  • minor version
  • build number
  • platform id
  • service pack name
  • product type
• Call platform methods to detect the windows platform type:
  • IsWindowsPlatformNT
  • IsWindowsPlatform9x

Usage Example

Name VersionExample
 
# Included files
!include Sections.nsh
!include "LogicLib.nsh"
 
OutFile "Example_Version_NSIS_plugin.exe"
 
#Declare variables
var isWindowsXP
var MajorVersion
var MinorVersion
var BuildNumber
var PlatformID
var CSDVersion
var ProductType 
 
 
Section -Nope
#Nothing to do here
SectionEnd
 
Function .onInit
 
  #detect Windows XP
  Version::IsWindowsXP
  #obtain value
  Pop $isWindowsXP
 
  ${if} $isWindowsXP == "1"
    MessageBox MB_OK "Its Windows XP!"
  ${Else}
    MessageBox MB_OK "Its not Windows XP!"
  ${EndIf}
 
  #call plugin dll function 
  Version::GetWindowsVersion

  Pop $MajorVersion
  Pop $MinorVersion
  Pop $BuildNumber
  Pop $PlatformID
  Pop $CSDVersion
  Pop $ProductType
 
  ${if} $ProductType == "1"
    MessageBox MB_OK "$PlatformID-platform, version $MajorVersion.$MinorVersion, build $BuildNumber, $CSDVersion, Workstation"
  ${ElseIf} $ProductType == "2"
    MessageBox MB_OK "$PlatformID-platform, version $MajorVersion.$MinorVersion, build $BuildNumber, $CSDVersion, DomainController"
  ${ElseIf} $ProductType == "3"
    MessageBox MB_OK "$PlatformID-platform, version $MajorVersion.$MinorVersion, build $BuildNumber, $CSDVersion, Server"
  ${Else}
    MessageBox MB_OK "$PlatformID-platform, version $MajorVersion.$MinorVersion, build $BuildNumber, $CSDVersion, Unknown ProductType"
  ${EndIf}
  Quit
 
FunctionEnd

Version History

0.1 (03 sep 2004) (DNG)

• First public release

0.2 (25 sep 2004) (DNG)

• Implemented (proprietary) IntToStr-function since Delphi's SysUtils IntToStr requires more space (+ 24 kilobytes uncompressed)

0.3 (20 feb 2013) (TvT)

• Bugfix: proprietary IntToStr method (from 0.2) is buggy: Returns '6.' instead of '6.0' for Windows Vista (same for W2K 5.0 or NT4.0) Thus using the well testet SysUtils IntToStr method is prefered over some kb in size
• Added further methods for newer windows operating systems:
  • IsWindowsXPx64
  • IsWindowsVista
  • IsWindowsServer2008
  • IsWindows7
  • IsWindowsServer2008R2
  • IsWindows8
  • IsWindowsServer2012
• The GetWindowsVersion() method returns the ProductType to be able to differentiate Server and Workstation windows versions
• Removed inexisting (e.g. isWindows31) and useless (e.g. IsWindows98orLater) methods
• Adapted the docs

Credits

Version 0.1 and 0.2 have been developed by Denis Gorbunov (http://gorbunov.ru/).
Version 0.3 was developed by TeeWeTee