Detect DirectX Version - Revision history

Kichik at 06:38, 11 August 2009

2009-08-11T06:38:27Z

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	[[Category:Other Products Version Detection Functions]]		[[Category:Other Products Version Detection Functions]]
			[[Category:DirectX]]

2008-09-01T15:06:22Z

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	Pop $R3		Pop $R3
	IntCmp $R3 900 +3 0 +3		IntCmp $R3 900 +3 0 +3
	MessageBox "MB_OK" "Requires DirectX 9.0 or later~~. Please update your DirectX~~."		MessageBox "MB_OK" "Requires DirectX 9.0 or later."
	Abort		Abort
	</highlight-nsis>		</highlight-nsis>
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	Pop $R3		Pop $R3
	IntCmp $R3 900 +2 0 +2		IntCmp $R3 900 +2 0 +2
	MessageBox "MB_OK" "Requires DirectX 9.0 or later."		MessageBox "MB_OK" "Requires DirectX 9.0 or later. Please update your DirectX."
	</highlight-nsis>		</highlight-nsis>

2008-09-01T15:06:07Z

â† Older revision		Revision as of 15:06, 1 September 2008
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	Pop $R3		Pop $R3
	IntCmp $R3 900 +3 0 +3		IntCmp $R3 900 +3 0 +3
	MessageBox "MB_OK" "Requires DirectX 9.0 or later."		MessageBox "MB_OK" "Requires DirectX 9.0 or later. Please update your DirectX."
	Abort		Abort
	</highlight-nsis>		</highlight-nsis>

2008-09-01T15:04:56Z

Small correction

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	== Safer Example ==		== Safer Example ==
	Just in case if Microsoft decides to modify the key name/version and the detection fails it is safer to simply warn the user but not to exit - in that case use this:		Just in case if Microsoft decides to modify the key name/version (as it doesn't show 1000 on Vista as it should) and the detection fails it is safer to simply warn the user but not to exit - in that case use this:
	<highlight-nsis>		<highlight-nsis>
	Call GetDXVersion		Call GetDXVersion

2008-09-01T15:03:53Z

Adding additional example

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	MessageBox "MB_OK" "Requires DirectX 9.0 or later."		MessageBox "MB_OK" "Requires DirectX 9.0 or later."
	Abort		Abort
			</highlight-nsis>

			== Safer Example ==
			Just in case if Microsoft decides to modify the key name/version and the detection fails it is safer to simply warn the user but not to exit - in that case use this:
			<highlight-nsis>
			Call GetDXVersion
			Pop $R3
			IntCmp $R3 900 +2 0 +2
			MessageBox "MB_OK" "Requires DirectX 9.0 or later."
	</highlight-nsis>		</highlight-nsis>

2008-09-01T15:01:24Z

Correcting a stupid bug so you don't have to waste time on it as well

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	Push $1		Push $1

			ClearErrors
	ReadRegStr $0 HKLM "Software\Microsoft\DirectX" "Version"		ReadRegStr $0 HKLM "Software\Microsoft\DirectX" "Version"
	IfErrors noDirectX		IfErrors noDirectX

2008-06-21T14:45:33Z

Description

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	== Description ==		== Description ==
	This code will return the DirectX version number on the stack, or zero if DirectX is not installed. The return value is an integer ~~concatonating~~ the major and minor version: "801" for version 8.1, "900" for version 9.0.		This code will return the DirectX version number on the stack, or zero if DirectX is not installed. The return value is an integer concatenating the major and minor version: "801" for version 8.1, "900" for version 9.0.

	== Example ==		== Example ==

2005-07-25T19:36:58Z

Description

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	== Description ==		== Description ==
	This code will return the DirectX version number on the stack, or zero if DirectX is not installed. The return value is an integer concatonating the major and minor version: "~~810~~" for version 8.1, "900" for version 9.0.		This code will return the DirectX version number on the stack, or zero if DirectX is not installed. The return value is an integer concatonating the major and minor version: "801" for version 8.1, "900" for version 9.0.

	== Example ==		== Example ==

2005-06-24T12:05:34Z

Adding new author and category links.

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	{~~\|align=right~~		{{PageAuthor\|jason379}}
	~~\|<small>Author: [[~~{~~{ns:2}}:jason379~~\|jason379~~]] ([[{{ns:3}}:jason379\|talk]], [[{{ns:-1}~~}~~:Contributions/jason379\|contrib]])</small>~~
	\|}
	~~<br style="clear:both;">~~
	== Description ==		== Description ==
	This code will return the DirectX version number on the stack, or zero if DirectX is not installed. The return value is an integer concatonating the major and minor version: "810" for version 8.1, "900" for version 9.0.		This code will return the DirectX version number on the stack, or zero if DirectX is not installed. The return value is an integer concatonating the major and minor version: "810" for version 8.1, "900" for version 9.0.
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	</highlight-nsis>		</highlight-nsis>

	[[~~{{ns:14}}~~:Other Products Version Detection Functions]]		[[Category:Other Products Version Detection Functions]]

2005-04-30T21:36:31Z

Added category links.

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	FunctionEnd		FunctionEnd
	</highlight-nsis>		</highlight-nsis>

			[[{{ns:14}}:Other Products Version Detection Functions]]