Version plug-in

Author: denis_gorbunov (talk, contrib)

Links

Version 0.3 (20. feb 2013)
NSIS_version_plugin_03.zip (69 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
  • IsWindows2003
  • IsWindowsXPx64
  • IsWindowsVista
  • IsWindowsServer2008
  • IsWindows7
  • IsWindowsServer2008R2
  • IsWindows8
  • IsWindowsServer2012
• get all relevant windows versioning information by calling the 'GetWindowsVersion' method:
  • major version
  • minor version
  • build number
  • platform id
  • service pack name
  • product type
• detect the windows platform type by calling 'IsWindowsPlatformNT()' or 'IsWindowsPlatform9x'

Usage Example

; if "version.dll" copied in NSIS plugin sub-directory
; this line is not necessary
 
!addplugindir "plugins"
 
 
; it is not example
; it is for this empty intallation only
 
OutFile "example_Version_NSIS_plugin.exe"
 
 
Section Dummy
; it is not example
; it is for this empty intallation only
SectionEnd
 
 
; variables declaration
 
var TempResult
var MajorVersion
var MinorVersion
var BuildNumber
var PlatformID
var CSDVersion
 
 
Function .onInit
 
  ; detect Windows XP
  ; it is simply
 
  ; call plugin dll function 
 
  Version::IsWindowsXP
 
  ; get result
 
  Pop $TempResult
 
  ; check result
 
  StrCmp $TempResult "1" ItIsWindowsXP IsIsNotWindowsXP
 
  ItIsWindowsXP:
  MessageBox MB_OK "This OS is Windows XP"
  Goto Go2
 
  IsIsNotWindowsXP:
  MessageBox MB_OK "This OS is not Windows XP"
  Goto Go2
 
 
  ; get Windows OS version info
 
  Go2:
 
  ; call plugin dll function 
 
  Version::GetWindowsVersion

  ; get result
 
  Pop $MajorVersion
  Pop $MinorVersion
  Pop $BuildNumber
  Pop $PlatformID
  Pop $CSDVersion
 
  ; show result
  MessageBox MB_OK "$PlatformID-platform, version $MajorVersion.$MinorVersion, build $BuildNumber, $CSDVersion"
 
FunctionEnd